Rob vs Brad
AUS · Open Men · 2 results Rob McDowell
AUS · Open Men · 1 result Brad Tainton
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Rob: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Brad: Melbourne 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Rob and Brad sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Rob: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 14%).Brad: strongest on Push (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Rob: faster than | Brad: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 14% | 58% |
| Push | 50% | 64% |
| Pull | 14% | 63% |
| BBJ | 20% | 9% |
| Row | 39% | 47% |
| Carry | 38% | 48% |
| Lunges | 20% | 38% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 40% |
| Roxzone | 65% | 25% |
| Runs | 16% | 10% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Rob | Brad |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 14% | 58% |
| Sled push | 50% | 64% |
| Sled pull | 14% | 63% |
| Burpee broad jump | 20% | 9% |
| Row | 39% | 47% |
| Farmers carry | 38% | 48% |
| Sandbag lunges | 20% | 38% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 40% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 65% | 25% |
| Runs (8 km) | 16% | 10% |
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.Rob · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 49:37 running, 41:55 at the stations and 7:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:27).Below, Brad · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 50:23 running, 39:17 at the stations and 10:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:14).
See the numbers
| Part | Rob · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men | Brad · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:25 | 3:19 |
| SkiErg | 4:42 | 4:24 |
| Run 2 | 5:28 | 5:18 |
| Sled push | 2:17 | 2:27 |
| Run 3 | 5:48 | 5:38 |
| Sled pull | 6:27 | 4:28 |
| Run 4 | 6:10 | 5:50 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:03 | 8:14 |
| Run 5 | 6:38 | 6:21 |
| Row | 4:56 | 4:49 |
| Run 6 | 6:25 | 6:35 |
| Farmers carry | 2:16 | 2:07 |
| Run 7 | 6:25 | 9:49 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:47 | 5:42 |
| Run 8 | 7:17 | 7:33 |
| Wall balls | 7:27 | 7:06 |
| Roxzone | 7:27 | 10:44 |
| Finish | 1:38:48 | 1:40:17 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Rob | Brad | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:40:11 | 1:40:17 | 0:06 · Rob faster |
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