Robert vs Nathan
AUS · Open Men · 3 results Robert McDonald
AUS · Open Men · 4 results Nathan Banks
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Robert: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Nathan: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Robert and Nathan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Robert: strongest on Ski (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 27%).Nathan: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 30%).
See the numbers
| Part | Robert: faster than | Nathan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 65% | 46% |
| Push | 46% | 75% |
| Pull | 62% | 56% |
| BBJ | 39% | 41% |
| Row | 60% | 30% |
| Carry | 48% | 43% |
| Lunges | 57% | 44% |
| Wall balls | 27% | 85% |
| Roxzone | 37% | 49% |
| Runs | 31% | 49% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Robert | Nathan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 65% | 46% |
| Sled push | 46% | 75% |
| Sled pull | 62% | 56% |
| Burpee broad jump | 39% | 41% |
| Row | 60% | 30% |
| Farmers carry | 48% | 43% |
| Sandbag lunges | 57% | 44% |
| Wall balls | 27% | 85% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 37% | 49% |
| Runs (8 km) | 31% | 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
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.Robert · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 41:19 running, 36:13 at the stations and 9:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:46).Below, Nathan · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 39:51 running, 35:13 at the stations and 8:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:08).
See the numbers
| Part | Robert · Sydney 2025 · Open Men | Nathan · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:15 | 4:10 |
| SkiErg | 4:14 | 4:28 |
| Run 2 | 4:43 | 4:25 |
| Sled push | 2:22 | 2:16 |
| Run 3 | 4:55 | 4:47 |
| Sled pull | 4:16 | 4:17 |
| Run 4 | 4:59 | 4:51 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:47 | 6:08 |
| Run 5 | 5:14 | 4:49 |
| Row | 4:35 | 4:58 |
| Run 6 | 5:31 | 4:51 |
| Farmers carry | 2:11 | 2:10 |
| Run 7 | 4:55 | 4:59 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:02 | 5:48 |
| Run 8 | 6:47 | 6:59 |
| Wall balls | 7:46 | 5:08 |
| Roxzone | 9:06 | 8:42 |
| Finish | 1:26:29 | 1:23:38 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Robert | Nathan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2025 Open Men · 4 Jul 2025 | 1:26:29 | 1:26:28 | 0:01 · Nathan faster |
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