Robert vs Dan
Robert McDonald
Dan Burgess
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Robert: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Dan: Sydney 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Robert and Dan 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%).Dan: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 19%).
See the numbers
| Part | Robert: faster than | Dan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 65% | 53% |
| Push | 46% | 51% |
| Pull | 62% | 34% |
| BBJ | 39% | 19% |
| Row | 60% | 52% |
| Carry | 48% | 21% |
| Lunges | 57% | 20% |
| Wall balls | 27% | 23% |
| Roxzone | 37% | 55% |
| Runs | 31% | 51% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Robert | Dan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 65% | 53% |
| Sled push | 46% | 51% |
| Sled pull | 62% | 34% |
| Burpee broad jump | 39% | 19% |
| Row | 60% | 52% |
| Farmers carry | 48% | 21% |
| Sandbag lunges | 57% | 20% |
| Wall balls | 27% | 23% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 37% | 55% |
| Runs (8 km) | 31% | 51% |
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, Dan · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 37:46 running, 40:41 at the stations and 8:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:05) and the shortest the sled push (2:19).
See the numbers
| Part | Robert · Sydney 2025 · Open Men | Dan · Sydney 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:15 | 4:02 |
| SkiErg | 4:14 | 4:19 |
| Run 2 | 4:43 | 4:05 |
| Sled push | 2:22 | 2:19 |
| Run 3 | 4:55 | 4:18 |
| Sled pull | 4:16 | 4:59 |
| Run 4 | 4:59 | 4:32 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:47 | 6:57 |
| Run 5 | 5:14 | 4:34 |
| Row | 4:35 | 4:39 |
| Run 6 | 5:31 | 4:36 |
| Farmers carry | 2:11 | 2:38 |
| Run 7 | 4:55 | 4:46 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:02 | 6:45 |
| Run 8 | 6:47 | 6:53 |
| Wall balls | 7:46 | 8:05 |
| Roxzone | 9:06 | 8:14 |
| Finish | 1:26:29 | 1:26:33 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Robert | Dan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2025 Open Men · 4 Jul 2025 | 1:26:29 | 1:26:33 | 0:04 · Robert faster |
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