Paul vs Aaron

IRL IRL · Open Men · 1 result

Paul Keenan

1:16:35 best Open Men time · Dublin 2025
773rd of 2,325 place in that race · 2,325 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 5 results

Aaron Smyth

1:12:44 best Open Men time · Málaga 2026
545th of 2,072 place in that race · 2,072 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Dublin 2025, Open Men · Aaron: Málaga 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and Aaron sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 36%).Aaron: strongest on Pull (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 52%).

See the numbers
Part Paul: faster than Aaron: faster than
Ski 57% 95%
Push 40% 93%
Pull 36% 97%
BBJ 73% 74%
Row 51% 77%
Carry 58% 70%
Lunges 45% 91%
Wall balls 80% 69%
Roxzone 58% 63%
Runs 66% 52%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Aaron
SkiErg 57% 95%
Sled push 40% 93%
Sled pull 36% 97%
Burpee broad jump 73% 74%
Row 51% 77%
Farmers carry 58% 70%
Sandbag lunges 45% 91%
Wall balls 80% 69%
Roxzone (moving) 58% 63%
Runs (8 km) 66% 52%

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

Paul · Dublin 2025 · Open Men1:16:35
2:594:264:582:455:064:575:084:375:214:485:142:005:185:133:585:344:21
Aaron · Málaga 2026 · Open Men1:12:44
4:304:034:382:144:403:125:164:164:464:394:411:504:423:404:445:235:39
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.Paul · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 38:02 running, 34:20 at the stations and 4:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:34).Below, Aaron · Málaga 2026 · Open Men: 37:57 running, 29:17 at the stations and 5:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:23).

See the numbers
Part Paul · Dublin 2025 · Open Men Aaron · Málaga 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:59 4:30
SkiErg 4:26 4:03
Run 2 4:58 4:38
Sled push 2:45 2:14
Run 3 5:06 4:40
Sled pull 4:57 3:12
Run 4 5:08 5:16
Burpee broad jump 4:37 4:16
Run 5 5:21 4:46
Row 4:48 4:39
Run 6 5:14 4:41
Farmers carry 2:00 1:50
Run 7 5:18 4:42
Sandbag lunges 5:13 3:40
Run 8 3:58 4:44
Wall balls 5:34 5:23
Roxzone 4:21 5:39
Finish 1:16:35 1:12:44

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Aaron Gap
Dublin 2025 Open Men · 12 Nov 2025 1:16:35 1:16:35 level
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