Brian vs Merchy

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Brian Burbank

1:30:40 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
975th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Merchy Mendoza

1:30:40 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
976th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Brian: Houston 2026, Open Men · Merchy: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Brian and Merchy sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 33%).Merchy: strongest on Pull (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 31%).

See the numbers
Part Brian: faster than Merchy: faster than
Ski 99% 64%
Push 86% 76%
Pull 84% 89%
BBJ 77% 61%
Row 99% 31%
Carry 61% 70%
Lunges 54% 48%
Wall balls 82% 64%
Roxzone 45% 60%
Runs 33% 42%

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

Part by part

Part Brian Merchy
SkiErg 99% 64%
Sled push 86% 76%
Sled pull 84% 89%
Burpee broad jump 77% 61%
Row 99% 31%
Farmers carry 61% 70%
Sandbag lunges 54% 48%
Wall balls 82% 64%
Roxzone (moving) 45% 60%
Runs (8 km) 33% 42%

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

Brian · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:30:40
5:124:034:542:337:104:357:284:415:134:165:132:087:265:296:015:488:39
Merchy · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:30:40
5:454:335:222:465:424:205:495:245:495:166:022:025:375:446:066:517:40
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.Brian · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 48:38 running, 33:32 at the stations and 8:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:48).Below, Merchy · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 46:13 running, 36:56 at the stations and 7:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:51).

See the numbers
Part Brian · Houston 2026 · Open Men Merchy · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:12 5:45
SkiErg 4:03 4:33
Run 2 4:54 5:22
Sled push 2:33 2:46
Run 3 7:10 5:42
Sled pull 4:35 4:20
Run 4 7:28 5:49
Burpee broad jump 4:41 5:24
Run 5 5:13 5:49
Row 4:16 5:16
Run 6 5:13 6:02
Farmers carry 2:08 2:02
Run 7 7:26 5:37
Sandbag lunges 5:29 5:44
Run 8 6:01 6:06
Wall balls 5:48 6:51
Roxzone 8:39 7:40
Finish 1:30:40 1:30:40

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Brian Merchy Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:30:40 1:30:40 level
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