Ian vs Samuel
AUS · Open Men · 2 results Ian McFarlane
AUS · Open Men · 1 result Samuel Watson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ian: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Samuel: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ian and Samuel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ian: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 55%).Samuel: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 20%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ian: faster than | Samuel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 65% | 62% |
| Push | 65% | 20% |
| Pull | 56% | 99% |
| BBJ | 79% | 84% |
| Row | 76% | 69% |
| Carry | 55% | 41% |
| Lunges | 75% | 46% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 47% |
| Roxzone | 73% | 60% |
| Runs | 61% | 86% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ian | Samuel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 65% | 62% |
| Sled push | 65% | 20% |
| Sled pull | 56% | 99% |
| Burpee broad jump | 79% | 84% |
| Row | 76% | 69% |
| Farmers carry | 55% | 41% |
| Sandbag lunges | 75% | 46% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 47% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 73% | 60% |
| Runs (8 km) | 61% | 86% |
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.Ian · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 36:24 running, 30:41 at the stations and 7:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:33).Below, Samuel · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 33:26 running, 34:11 at the stations and 8:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:11).
See the numbers
| Part | Ian · Sydney 2025 · Open Men | Samuel · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:53 | 3:48 |
| SkiErg | 4:14 | 4:21 |
| Run 2 | 4:13 | 3:55 |
| Sled push | 2:09 | 3:09 |
| Run 3 | 4:23 | 3:58 |
| Sled pull | 4:25 | 2:38 |
| Run 4 | 4:25 | 4:06 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:19 | 4:22 |
| Run 5 | 4:39 | 4:03 |
| Row | 4:27 | 4:34 |
| Run 6 | 4:30 | 3:50 |
| Farmers carry | 2:06 | 2:11 |
| Run 7 | 4:20 | 3:52 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:28 | 5:45 |
| Run 8 | 6:01 | 5:54 |
| Wall balls | 4:33 | 7:11 |
| Roxzone | 7:27 | 8:12 |
| Finish | 1:14:25 | 1:15:41 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ian | Samuel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 | 1:15:42 | 1:15:41 | 0:01 · Samuel faster |
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