Darren vs Niall

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Darren Taylor

1:16:28 best Open Men time · Manchester 2024
425th of 1,206 place in that race · 1,206 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 8 results

Niall Horgan

1:18:33 best Open Men time · Málaga 2026
938th of 2,072 place in that race · 2,072 Open Men finishers

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

Darren: Manchester 2024, Open Men · Niall: Málaga 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Darren and Niall sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darren: strongest on Ski (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 10%).Niall: strongest on Pull (faster than 71% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 30%).

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Part Darren: faster than Niall: faster than
Ski 94% 30%
Push 58% 38%
Pull 92% 71%
BBJ 44% 53%
Row 81% 34%
Carry 63% 45%
Lunges 10% 64%
Wall balls 49% 49%
Roxzone 61% 63%
Runs 77% 50%

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

Part by part

Part Darren Niall
SkiErg 94% 30%
Sled push 58% 38%
Sled pull 92% 71%
Burpee broad jump 44% 53%
Row 81% 34%
Farmers carry 63% 45%
Sandbag lunges 10% 64%
Wall balls 49% 49%
Roxzone (moving) 61% 63%
Runs (8 km) 77% 50%

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

Darren · Manchester 2024 · Open Men1:16:28
3:123:554:342:214:393:174:465:214:524:204:481:504:407:185:206:065:17
Niall · Málaga 2026 · Open Men1:18:33
4:194:364:373:064:434:074:455:054:515:054:552:084:584:335:076:085:38
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.Darren · Manchester 2024 · Open Men: 36:52 running, 34:28 at the stations and 5:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:18).Below, Niall · Málaga 2026 · Open Men: 38:16 running, 34:47 at the stations and 5:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:08).

See the numbers
Part Darren · Manchester 2024 · Open Men Niall · Málaga 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:12 4:19
SkiErg 3:55 4:36
Run 2 4:34 4:37
Sled push 2:21 3:06
Run 3 4:39 4:43
Sled pull 3:17 4:07
Run 4 4:46 4:45
Burpee broad jump 5:21 5:05
Run 5 4:52 4:51
Row 4:20 5:05
Run 6 4:48 4:55
Farmers carry 1:50 2:08
Run 7 4:40 4:58
Sandbag lunges 7:18 4:33
Run 8 5:20 5:07
Wall balls 6:06 6:08
Roxzone 5:17 5:38
Finish 1:16:28 1:18:33

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Darren Niall Gap
Glasgow 2026 Open Men · 11 Mar 2026 1:20:16 1:20:16 level
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