Russell vs Zachary
AUS · Open Men · 5 results Russell McCarthy
AUS · Open Men · 5 results Zachary Croonen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Russell: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Zachary: Perth 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Russell and Zachary sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Russell: strongest on BBJ (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 37%).Zachary: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 29%).
See the numbers
| Part | Russell: faster than | Zachary: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 37% | 83% |
| Push | 53% | 74% |
| Pull | 71% | 81% |
| BBJ | 86% | 69% |
| Row | 37% | 96% |
| Carry | 55% | 99% |
| Lunges | 63% | 29% |
| Wall balls | 81% | 78% |
| Roxzone | 74% | 71% |
| Runs | 76% | 57% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Russell | Zachary |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 37% | 83% |
| Sled push | 53% | 74% |
| Sled pull | 71% | 81% |
| Burpee broad jump | 86% | 69% |
| Row | 37% | 96% |
| Farmers carry | 55% | 99% |
| Sandbag lunges | 63% | 29% |
| Wall balls | 81% | 78% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 74% | 71% |
| Runs (8 km) | 76% | 57% |
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.Russell · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 34:26 running, 32:12 at the stations and 8:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:02).Below, Zachary · Perth 2026 · Open Men: 41:15 running, 33:19 at the stations and 4:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:31).
See the numbers
| Part | Russell · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men | Zachary · Perth 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:29 | 3:24 |
| SkiErg | 4:34 | 4:09 |
| Run 2 | 4:22 | 5:13 |
| Sled push | 2:37 | 2:34 |
| Run 3 | 4:27 | 5:28 |
| Sled pull | 4:15 | 3:49 |
| Run 4 | 4:25 | 5:35 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:56 | 4:41 |
| Run 5 | 4:30 | 5:41 |
| Row | 4:55 | 4:18 |
| Run 6 | 4:26 | 5:39 |
| Farmers carry | 2:02 | 1:49 |
| Run 7 | 4:34 | 5:19 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:51 | 6:31 |
| Run 8 | 5:13 | 4:56 |
| Wall balls | 5:02 | 5:27 |
| Roxzone | 8:01 | 4:44 |
| Finish | 1:14:32 | 1:19:13 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Russell | Zachary | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth 2026 Open Men · 21 Aug 2026 | 1:19:06 | 1:19:13 | 0:07 · Russell faster |
| Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:14:32 | 1:21:53 | 7:21 · Russell faster |
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