Brian vs Sam
IRL · Open Men · 3 results Brian McCormack
GBR · Open Men · 10 results Sam Valentine
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Brian: Rome 2025, Open Men · Sam: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Brian and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Runs (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 68%).Sam: strongest on Runs (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 64%).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian: faster than | Sam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 92% | 97% |
| Push | 68% | 91% |
| Pull | 83% | 64% |
| BBJ | 70% | 91% |
| Row | 82% | 96% |
| Carry | 68% | 66% |
| Lunges | 79% | 95% |
| Wall balls | 86% | 90% |
| Roxzone | 94% | 99% |
| Runs | 96% | 99% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Brian | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 92% | 97% |
| Sled push | 68% | 91% |
| Sled pull | 83% | 64% |
| Burpee broad jump | 70% | 91% |
| Row | 82% | 96% |
| Farmers carry | 68% | 66% |
| Sandbag lunges | 79% | 95% |
| Wall balls | 86% | 90% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 94% | 99% |
| Runs (8 km) | 96% | 99% |
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.Brian · Rome 2025 · Open Men: 30:37 running, 31:15 at the stations and 4:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:03).Below, Sam · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 25:28 running, 29:28 at the stations and 8:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:59).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian · Rome 2025 · Open Men | Sam · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:36 | 2:28 |
| SkiErg | 4:09 | 4:20 |
| Run 2 | 3:26 | 2:51 |
| Sled push | 2:40 | 2:13 |
| Run 3 | 3:40 | 3:06 |
| Sled pull | 4:04 | 4:27 |
| Run 4 | 3:43 | 3:07 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:28 | 3:42 |
| Run 5 | 3:49 | 3:11 |
| Row | 4:35 | 4:23 |
| Run 6 | 3:38 | 3:08 |
| Farmers carry | 1:50 | 1:53 |
| Run 7 | 3:38 | 3:11 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:26 | 3:32 |
| Run 8 | 4:07 | 4:26 |
| Wall balls | 5:03 | 4:59 |
| Roxzone | 4:56 | 8:19 |
| Finish | 1:06:41 | 1:03:07 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Brian | Sam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome 2025 Open Men · 27 Sep 2025 | 1:06:41 | 1:06:39 | 0:02 · Sam faster |
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