Brandon vs Marcus
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Brandon la Roche
AUS · Open Men · 5 results Marcus Whelan
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Brandon: Sydney 2024, Open Men · Marcus: Sydney 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Brandon and Marcus sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brandon: strongest on Runs (faster than 48% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 3%).Marcus: strongest on Ski (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | Brandon: faster than | Marcus: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 14% | 60% |
| Push | 3% | 27% |
| Pull | 4% | 58% |
| BBJ | 24% | 36% |
| Row | 20% | 27% |
| Carry | 11% | 48% |
| Lunges | 9% | 39% |
| Wall balls | 11% | 26% |
| Roxzone | 34% | 30% |
| Runs | 48% | 43% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Brandon | Marcus |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 14% | 60% |
| Sled push | 3% | 27% |
| Sled pull | 4% | 58% |
| Burpee broad jump | 24% | 36% |
| Row | 20% | 27% |
| Farmers carry | 11% | 48% |
| Sandbag lunges | 9% | 39% |
| Wall balls | 11% | 26% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 34% | 30% |
| Runs (8 km) | 48% | 43% |
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.Brandon · Sydney 2024 · Open Men: 42:12 running, 47:36 at the stations and 5:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:13).Below, Marcus · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 39:12 running, 37:47 at the stations and 9:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:51).
See the numbers
| Part | Brandon · Sydney 2024 · Open Men | Marcus · Sydney 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:27 | 3:47 |
| SkiErg | 4:53 | 4:16 |
| Run 2 | 5:00 | 4:13 |
| Sled push | 3:49 | 2:38 |
| Run 3 | 5:48 | 4:34 |
| Sled pull | 7:53 | 4:22 |
| Run 4 | 5:25 | 4:38 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:24 | 5:55 |
| Run 5 | 5:38 | 5:03 |
| Row | 5:00 | 4:54 |
| Run 6 | 5:16 | 4:51 |
| Farmers carry | 2:36 | 2:11 |
| Run 7 | 5:12 | 4:56 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:48 | 5:40 |
| Run 8 | 6:26 | 7:10 |
| Wall balls | 9:13 | 7:51 |
| Roxzone | 5:55 | 9:28 |
| Finish | 1:35:34 | 1:26:20 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Brandon | Marcus | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2024 Open Men · 27 Jul 2024 | 1:35:34 | 1:35:41 | 0:07 · Brandon faster |
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