Mark vs Brian

USA USA · Open Men · 4 results

Mark Byrne

1:22:52 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
515th of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Brian O'Connell Iii

1:22:51 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
513th of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers

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

Mark: Boston 2026, Open Men · Brian: Boston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Mark and Brian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 44%).Brian: strongest on Push (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 35%).

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Part Mark: faster than Brian: faster than
Ski 44% 36%
Push 73% 85%
Pull 73% 52%
BBJ 73% 81%
Row 77% 48%
Carry 72% 57%
Lunges 53% 35%
Wall balls 49% 55%
Roxzone 79% 72%
Runs 74% 79%

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

Part by part

Part Mark Brian
SkiErg 44% 36%
Sled push 73% 85%
Sled pull 73% 52%
Burpee broad jump 73% 81%
Row 77% 48%
Farmers carry 72% 57%
Sandbag lunges 53% 35%
Wall balls 49% 55%
Roxzone (moving) 79% 72%
Runs (8 km) 74% 79%

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

Mark · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:22:52
3:294:424:433:145:134:385:075:055:124:425:012:005:045:276:007:355:47
Brian · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:22:51
4:034:474:442:564:525:114:544:414:505:004:502:104:506:095:427:126:08
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.Mark · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 39:50 running, 37:22 at the stations and 5:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:35).Below, Brian · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 38:44 running, 38:05 at the stations and 6:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:12).

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Part Mark · Boston 2026 · Open Men Brian · Boston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:29 4:03
SkiErg 4:42 4:47
Run 2 4:43 4:44
Sled push 3:14 2:56
Run 3 5:13 4:52
Sled pull 4:38 5:11
Run 4 5:07 4:54
Burpee broad jump 5:05 4:41
Run 5 5:12 4:50
Row 4:42 5:00
Run 6 5:01 4:50
Farmers carry 2:00 2:10
Run 7 5:04 4:50
Sandbag lunges 5:27 6:09
Run 8 6:00 5:42
Wall balls 7:35 7:12
Roxzone 5:47 6:08
Finish 1:22:52 1:22:51

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark Brian Gap
Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 1:22:52 1:22:51 0:01 · Brian faster
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