Sam vs Brendan
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Sam Cotton
NZL · Open Men · 3 results Brendan Colson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Brisbane 2024, Open Men · Brendan: Brisbane 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Brendan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on BBJ (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 1%).Brendan: strongest on Ski (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 75%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Brendan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 97% | 98% |
| Push | 94% | 95% |
| Pull | 99% | 98% |
| BBJ | 99% | 84% |
| Row | 1% | 93% |
| Carry | 96% | 79% |
| Lunges | 90% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 98% | 93% |
| Roxzone | 92% | 75% |
| Runs | 87% | 83% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Brendan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 97% | 98% |
| Sled push | 94% | 95% |
| Sled pull | 99% | 98% |
| Burpee broad jump | 99% | 84% |
| Row | 1% | 93% |
| Farmers carry | 96% | 79% |
| Sandbag lunges | 90% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 98% | 93% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 92% | 75% |
| Runs (8 km) | 87% | 83% |
The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.
Those races as one bar each
This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Sam · Brisbane 2024 · Open Men: 36:24 running, 29:09 at the stations and 4:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (7:15).Below, Brendan · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men: 35:46 running, 27:35 at the stations and 6:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (4:18) and the shortest the sled push (1:49).
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| Part | Sam · Brisbane 2024 · Open Men | Brendan · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:03 | 2:11 |
| SkiErg | 3:52 | 3:50 |
| Run 2 | 4:18 | 4:12 |
| Sled push | 1:56 | 1:49 |
| Run 3 | 4:31 | 4:44 |
| Sled pull | 3:07 | 3:03 |
| Run 4 | 4:44 | 5:01 |
| Burpee broad jump | 2:55 | 4:10 |
| Run 5 | 4:36 | 5:02 |
| Row | 7:15 | 4:17 |
| Run 6 | 4:59 | 4:43 |
| Farmers carry | 1:41 | 1:51 |
| Run 7 | 4:55 | 4:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:11 | 4:18 |
| Run 8 | 5:18 | 4:58 |
| Wall balls | 4:12 | 4:17 |
| Roxzone | 4:48 | 6:11 |
| Finish | 1:10:15 | 1:09:24 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Brendan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane 2024 Open Men · 17 Aug 2024 | 1:10:15 | 1:10:08 | 0:07 · Brendan faster |
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