Darwin vs John

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Darwin Anderson

1:24:38 best Open Men time · Houston 2025
361st of 1,006 place in that race · 1,006 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 4 results

John O’Brien

1:25:18 best Open Men time · New York 2026
1557th of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Darwin: Houston 2025, Open Men · John: New York 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Darwin and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darwin: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 37%).John: strongest on Row (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 27%).

See the numbers
Part Darwin: faster than John: faster than
Ski 75% 35%
Push 45% 27%
Pull 45% 50%
BBJ 66% 51%
Row 56% 85%
Carry 37% 80%
Lunges 44% 72%
Wall balls 76% 63%
Roxzone 68% 81%
Runs 64% 61%

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

Part by part

Part Darwin John
SkiErg 75% 35%
Sled push 45% 27%
Sled pull 45% 50%
Burpee broad jump 66% 51%
Row 56% 85%
Farmers carry 37% 80%
Sandbag lunges 44% 72%
Wall balls 76% 63%
Roxzone (moving) 68% 81%
Runs (8 km) 64% 61%

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

Darwin · Houston 2025 · Open Men1:24:38
4:354:204:492:555:095:485:045:235:264:515:262:255:295:415:385:176:30
John · New York 2026 · Open Men1:25:18
4:044:455:123:387:044:564:575:435:044:335:071:595:084:556:186:505:13
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.Darwin · Houston 2025 · Open Men: 41:35 running, 36:40 at the stations and 6:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:48).Below, John · New York 2026 · Open Men: 42:55 running, 37:19 at the stations and 5:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:50).

See the numbers
Part Darwin · Houston 2025 · Open Men John · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:35 4:04
SkiErg 4:20 4:45
Run 2 4:49 5:12
Sled push 2:55 3:38
Run 3 5:09 7:04
Sled pull 5:48 4:56
Run 4 5:04 4:57
Burpee broad jump 5:23 5:43
Run 5 5:26 5:04
Row 4:51 4:33
Run 6 5:26 5:07
Farmers carry 2:25 1:59
Run 7 5:29 5:08
Sandbag lunges 5:41 4:55
Run 8 5:38 6:18
Wall balls 5:17 6:50
Roxzone 6:30 5:13
Finish 1:24:38 1:25:18

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Darwin John Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:25:18 1:25:18 level
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