Derek vs Alan

IRL IRL · Open Men · 7 results

Derek McHugh

1:35:49 best Open Men time · Berlin 2026
2960th of 4,143 place in that race · 4,143 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Alan Preston

1:29:29 best Open Men time · budapest Buda
323rd of 515 place in that race · 515 Open Men finishers

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

Derek: Berlin 2026, Open Men · Alan: budapest Buda, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Derek and Alan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Derek: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).Alan: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 62% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 22%).

See the numbers
Part Derek: faster than Alan: faster than
Ski 24% 36%
Push 37% 43%
Pull 33% 33%
BBJ 10% 38%
Row 30% 28%
Carry 29% 31%
Lunges 9% 31%
Wall balls 34% 22%
Roxzone 42% 62%
Runs 38% 43%

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

Part by part

Part Derek Alan
SkiErg 24% 36%
Sled push 37% 43%
Sled pull 33% 33%
Burpee broad jump 10% 38%
Row 30% 28%
Farmers carry 29% 31%
Sandbag lunges 9% 31%
Wall balls 34% 22%
Roxzone (moving) 42% 62%
Runs (8 km) 38% 43%

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

Derek · Berlin 2026 · Open Men1:35:49
3:444:474:103:354:124:494:218:284:235:034:202:394:277:596:238:0314:35
Alan · budapest Buda · Open Men1:29:29
5:104:415:003:105:045:065:126:025:175:155:172:175:305:425:568:436:13
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.Derek · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 35:59 running, 45:23 at the stations and 14:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:28).Below, Alan · budapest Buda · Open Men: 42:26 running, 40:56 at the stations and 6:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:43).

See the numbers
Part Derek · Berlin 2026 · Open Men Alan · budapest Buda · Open Men
Run 1 3:44 5:10
SkiErg 4:47 4:41
Run 2 4:10 5:00
Sled push 3:35 3:10
Run 3 4:12 5:04
Sled pull 4:49 5:06
Run 4 4:21 5:12
Burpee broad jump 8:28 6:02
Run 5 4:23 5:17
Row 5:03 5:15
Run 6 4:20 5:17
Farmers carry 2:39 2:17
Run 7 4:27 5:30
Sandbag lunges 7:59 5:42
Run 8 6:23 5:56
Wall balls 8:03 8:43
Roxzone 14:35 6:13
Finish 1:35:49 1:29:29

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Derek Alan Gap
Berlin 2026 Open Men · 22 May 2026 1:35:49 1:35:49 level
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