Brian vs Francis

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Brian Birch

1:26:53 best Open Men time · New York 2026
1741st of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 6 results

Francis Floresca

1:26:53 best Open Men time · New York 2026
1743rd of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Brian: New York 2026, Open Men · Francis: New York 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Brian and Francis sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Pull (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 32%).Francis: strongest on Carry (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 16%).

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Part Brian: faster than Francis: faster than
Ski 75% 16%
Push 32% 34%
Pull 87% 37%
BBJ 62% 78%
Row 67% 59%
Carry 70% 92%
Lunges 70% 34%
Wall balls 77% 79%
Roxzone 60% 72%
Runs 47% 56%

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

Part by part

Part Brian Francis
SkiErg 75% 16%
Sled push 32% 34%
Sled pull 87% 37%
Burpee broad jump 62% 78%
Row 67% 59%
Farmers carry 70% 92%
Sandbag lunges 70% 34%
Wall balls 77% 79%
Roxzone (moving) 60% 72%
Runs (8 km) 47% 56%

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 · New York 2026 · Open Men1:26:53
5:244:225:093:305:213:515:195:145:484:476:142:085:304:597:016:026:23
Francis · New York 2026 · Open Men1:26:53
5:385:024:463:275:095:225:174:325:224:535:261:465:296:286:465:565:42
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 · New York 2026 · Open Men: 45:46 running, 34:52 at the stations and 6:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:02).Below, Francis · New York 2026 · Open Men: 43:53 running, 37:26 at the stations and 5:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:28).

See the numbers
Part Brian · New York 2026 · Open Men Francis · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:24 5:38
SkiErg 4:22 5:02
Run 2 5:09 4:46
Sled push 3:30 3:27
Run 3 5:21 5:09
Sled pull 3:51 5:22
Run 4 5:19 5:17
Burpee broad jump 5:14 4:32
Run 5 5:48 5:22
Row 4:47 4:53
Run 6 6:14 5:26
Farmers carry 2:08 1:46
Run 7 5:30 5:29
Sandbag lunges 4:59 6:28
Run 8 7:01 6:46
Wall balls 6:02 5:56
Roxzone 6:23 5:42
Finish 1:26:53 1:26:53

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Brian Francis Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:26:53 1:26:53 level
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