Dave vs Aaron

USA USA · Open Men · 4 results

Dave Donoghue

1:29:35 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
737th of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Aaron Meredith

1:40:19 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
1247th of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers

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

Dave: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Aaron: Boston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Dave and Aaron sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Dave: strongest on BBJ (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 12%).Aaron: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 12%).

See the numbers
Part Dave: faster than Aaron: faster than
Ski 12% 79%
Push 59% 61%
Pull 33% 26%
BBJ 69% 38%
Row 34% 63%
Carry 37% 50%
Lunges 66% 26%
Wall balls 24% 94%
Roxzone 57% 12%
Runs 66% 25%

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

Part by part

Part Dave Aaron
SkiErg 12% 79%
Sled push 59% 61%
Sled pull 33% 26%
Burpee broad jump 69% 38%
Row 34% 63%
Farmers carry 37% 50%
Sandbag lunges 66% 26%
Wall balls 24% 94%
Roxzone (moving) 57% 12%
Runs (8 km) 66% 25%

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

Dave · Chicago 2025 · Open Men1:29:35
3:444:574:542:275:125:495:135:225:365:065:232:185:344:506:539:556:31
Aaron · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:40:19
4:184:234:573:276:096:105:546:426:444:516:342:156:456:448:554:3611:01
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.Dave · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 42:29 running, 40:44 at the stations and 6:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:55).Below, Aaron · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 50:16 running, 39:08 at the stations and 11:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:44).

See the numbers
Part Dave · Chicago 2025 · Open Men Aaron · Boston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:44 4:18
SkiErg 4:57 4:23
Run 2 4:54 4:57
Sled push 2:27 3:27
Run 3 5:12 6:09
Sled pull 5:49 6:10
Run 4 5:13 5:54
Burpee broad jump 5:22 6:42
Run 5 5:36 6:44
Row 5:06 4:51
Run 6 5:23 6:34
Farmers carry 2:18 2:15
Run 7 5:34 6:45
Sandbag lunges 4:50 6:44
Run 8 6:53 8:55
Wall balls 9:55 4:36
Roxzone 6:31 11:01
Finish 1:29:35 1:40:19

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Dave Aaron Gap
Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 1:40:19 1:40:19 level
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