Derek vs Darren

IRL IRL · Open Men · 7 results

Derek Mackessy

1:22:10 best Open Men time · Glasgow 2025
1534th of 3,034 place in that race · 3,034 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Darren Mee

1:17:35 best Open Men time · Glasgow 2025
1126th of 3,034 place in that race · 3,034 Open Men finishers

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

Derek: Glasgow 2025, Open Men · Darren: Glasgow 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Derek and Darren sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Derek: strongest on Push (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 5%).Darren: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 37%).

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Part Derek: faster than Darren: faster than
Ski 44% 37%
Push 82% 72%
Pull 46% 67%
BBJ 76% 64%
Row 49% 61%
Carry 5% 76%
Lunges 18% 52%
Wall balls 37% 82%
Roxzone 51% 77%
Runs 56% 49%

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

Part by part

Part Derek Darren
SkiErg 44% 37%
Sled push 82% 72%
Sled pull 46% 67%
Burpee broad jump 76% 64%
Row 49% 61%
Farmers carry 5% 76%
Sandbag lunges 18% 52%
Wall balls 37% 82%
Roxzone (moving) 51% 77%
Runs (8 km) 56% 49%

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

Derek · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men1:22:10
3:404:255:092:275:234:315:174:205:274:445:213:055:266:284:277:144:53
Darren · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men1:17:35
3:534:285:172:365:274:015:274:495:294:385:281:485:354:544:395:044:08
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.Derek · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men: 40:10 running, 37:14 at the stations and 4:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:14) and the shortest the sled push (2:27).Below, Darren · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men: 41:14 running, 32:19 at the stations and 4:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:04).

See the numbers
Part Derek · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men Darren · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:40 3:53
SkiErg 4:25 4:28
Run 2 5:09 5:17
Sled push 2:27 2:36
Run 3 5:23 5:27
Sled pull 4:31 4:01
Run 4 5:17 5:27
Burpee broad jump 4:20 4:49
Run 5 5:27 5:29
Row 4:44 4:38
Run 6 5:21 5:28
Farmers carry 3:05 1:48
Run 7 5:26 5:35
Sandbag lunges 6:28 4:54
Run 8 4:27 4:39
Wall balls 7:14 5:04
Roxzone 4:53 4:08
Finish 1:22:10 1:17:35

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Derek Darren Gap
Glasgow 2026 Pro Men · 11 Mar 2026 1:39:24 1:39:58 0:34 · Derek faster
Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 1:22:10 1:17:35 4:35 · Darren faster
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