Paul vs Aaron

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Paul Merget

1:14:14 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
650th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 3 results

Aaron Fazey

1:12:48 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
486th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Paul: Sydney 2026, Open Men · Aaron: Sydney 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
PaulAaronedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Paul and Aaron sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Row (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 58%).Aaron: strongest on Carry (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 51%).

See the numbers
Part Paul: faster than Aaron: faster than
Ski 68% 75%
Push 58% 51%
Pull 93% 77%
BBJ 85% 59%
Row 95% 52%
Carry 71% 92%
Lunges 60% 69%
Wall balls 84% 74%
Roxzone 86% 69%
Runs 69% 80%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Paul Aaron
SkiErg 68% 75%
Sled push 58% 51%
Sled pull 93% 77%
Burpee broad jump 85% 59%
Row 95% 52%
Farmers carry 71% 92%
Sandbag lunges 60% 69%
Wall balls 84% 74%
Roxzone (moving) 86% 69%
Runs (8 km) 69% 80%

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

Paul · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:14:14
4:154:184:222:314:283:194:224:184:234:164:281:504:215:115:515:107:01
Aaron · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:12:48
3:384:103:552:194:033:564:095:054:124:394:051:414:054:395:285:187:36
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Paul · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 36:31 running, 30:53 at the stations and 7:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:11).Below, Aaron · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 33:35 running, 31:47 at the stations and 7:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:18).

See the numbers
Part Paul · Sydney 2026 · Open Men Aaron · Sydney 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:15 3:38
SkiErg 4:18 4:10
Run 2 4:22 3:55
Sled push 2:31 2:19
Run 3 4:28 4:03
Sled pull 3:19 3:56
Run 4 4:22 4:09
Burpee broad jump 4:18 5:05
Run 5 4:23 4:12
Row 4:16 4:39
Run 6 4:28 4:05
Farmers carry 1:50 1:41
Run 7 4:21 4:05
Sandbag lunges 5:11 4:39
Run 8 5:51 5:28
Wall balls 5:10 5:18
Roxzone 7:01 7:36
Finish 1:14:14 1:12:48

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Aaron Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:14:14 1:14:13 0:01 · Aaron faster
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