Darren vs Alex
USA · Open Men · 4 results Darren Pollack
USA · Open Men · 6 results Alex Braun
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Darren: Boston 2026, Open Men · Alex: tampa Tamp, Open Men
This chart shows where Darren and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darren: strongest on Carry (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 39%).Alex: strongest on Row (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 40%).
See the numbers
| Part | Darren: faster than | Alex: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 48% | 59% |
| Push | 50% | 56% |
| Pull | 47% | 67% |
| BBJ | 42% | 61% |
| Row | 39% | 87% |
| Carry | 63% | 54% |
| Lunges | 40% | 59% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 40% |
| Roxzone | 47% | 77% |
| Runs | 50% | 60% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Darren | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 48% | 59% |
| Sled push | 50% | 56% |
| Sled pull | 47% | 67% |
| Burpee broad jump | 42% | 61% |
| Row | 39% | 87% |
| Farmers carry | 63% | 54% |
| Sandbag lunges | 40% | 59% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 40% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 47% | 77% |
| Runs (8 km) | 50% | 60% |
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.Darren · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 44:21 running, 40:43 at the stations and 7:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:17).Below, Alex · tampa Tamp · Open Men: 42:50 running, 37:59 at the stations and 6:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:21).
See the numbers
| Part | Darren · Boston 2026 · Open Men | Alex · tampa Tamp · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:37 | 5:22 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 4:38 |
| Run 2 | 5:32 | 5:11 |
| Sled push | 3:45 | 2:56 |
| Run 3 | 5:35 | 5:14 |
| Sled pull | 5:21 | 4:33 |
| Run 4 | 5:41 | 5:31 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:31 | 5:30 |
| Run 5 | 5:32 | 5:37 |
| Row | 5:07 | 4:34 |
| Run 6 | 5:29 | 5:17 |
| Farmers carry | 2:06 | 2:13 |
| Run 7 | 5:33 | 5:12 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:55 | 5:14 |
| Run 8 | 6:23 | 5:26 |
| Wall balls | 7:17 | 8:21 |
| Roxzone | 7:34 | 6:38 |
| Finish | 1:32:29 | 1:27:19 |
Head to head: 3 races they both ran
| Race | Darren | Alex | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 | 1:32:29 | 1:32:31 | 0:02 · Darren faster |
| Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 | 1:45:16 | 1:35:05 | 10:11 · Alex faster |
| New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 | 1:46:10 | 1:40:34 | 5:36 · Alex faster |
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