Darren vs Gavin
AUS · Open Men · 2 results Darren McDonnell
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Gavin Williams
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Darren: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Gavin: Sydney 2025, Open Men
no splitRoxzoneRuns
This chart shows where Darren and Gavin sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darren: strongest on Push (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 5%).Gavin: strongest on Pull (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | Darren: faster than | Gavin: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 61% | 26% |
| Push | 76% | 41% |
| Pull | 60% | 72% |
| BBJ | 63% | 65% |
| Row | 27% | 64% |
| Carry | 72% | 69% |
| Lunges | 51% | 59% |
| Wall balls | no split | 59% |
| Roxzone | 10% | 36% |
| Runs | 5% | 39% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Darren | Gavin |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 61% | 26% |
| Sled push | 76% | 41% |
| Sled pull | 60% | 72% |
| Burpee broad jump | 63% | 65% |
| Row | 27% | 64% |
| Farmers carry | 72% | 69% |
| Sandbag lunges | 51% | 59% |
| Wall balls | — | 59% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 10% | 36% |
| Runs (8 km) | 5% | 39% |
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.Darren · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 59:41 running, 28:04 at the stations and 12:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:21).Below, Gavin · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 39:52 running, 33:14 at the stations and 9:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:52).
See the numbers
| Part | Darren · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men | Gavin · Sydney 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:44 | 4:35 |
| SkiErg | 4:17 | 4:32 |
| Run 2 | 5:30 | 4:36 |
| Sled push | 1:57 | 2:25 |
| Run 3 | 6:28 | 4:39 |
| Sled pull | 4:32 | 4:03 |
| Run 4 | 6:11 | 4:40 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:58 | 4:52 |
| Run 5 | 6:11 | 4:48 |
| Row | 5:04 | 4:33 |
| Run 6 | 6:21 | 4:51 |
| Farmers carry | 1:55 | 1:58 |
| Run 7 | 5:21 | 4:48 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:21 | 4:58 |
| Run 8 | 20:56 | 6:55 |
| Wall balls | — | 5:52 |
| Roxzone | 12:07 | 9:08 |
| Finish | 1:32:08 | 1:22:07 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Darren | Gavin | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane 2025 Open Men · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:37:07 | 1:37:09 | 0:02 · Darren faster |
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