Living Donor & Recipient Record Holders

Curious how you stack up against Donor Games athletes? Below is a list of our top donor and recipient athletes in every Donor Games event. We’ll update the list with each new workout, so check back for the latest results!

Burn & Bench

1/2-mile followed by a 1-rep-max bench press on a 5-minute time clock

295Kevin Kilkenney | Donor, Donor Games 2024 Championship
175Mimi Mahon | Donor, Donor Games 2024 Championship

The Pike

21-15-9 rep scheme of toes to bar, Echo bike (measured in calories) on a 10-minute time clock

4:45Steve Holmes | Donor, Donor Games 2024 Championship
5:21Mimi Mahon | Donor, Donor Games 2024 Championship

Heavy Murph

As many reps as possible of 10 pull-ups, 20 shoulder presses (50 pounds for men; 20 pounds for women), 30 split squats, 40 sit-ups on a 25-minute time clock

445Garet Hil | Donor, April 2024Watch the Workout
572Roni Hays | Donor, April 2024Watch the Workout

1-Mile Swim

1-mile swim (1,500 meters or 1,650 yards) in any pool

21:03Abigail Beckman-Green | Recipient, 1-Mile Swim, August 2024Watch the Workout

Balanced Mitch

Competitors had two minutes to complete a maximum number of unbroken bench press reps at a designated weight (185 pounds for men, 95 pounds for women), followed by a maximum number of strict unbroken pull-ups. The athlete’s overall score for the competition was the lowest rep count of the two exercises.

21Garet Hil | Donor, May-June 2024Watch the Workout
12Mimi Mahon | Donor, May-June 2024Watch the Workout

Fran

21 thrusters followed by 21 pull-ups, 15 thrusters followed by 15 pull-ups, 9 thrusters followed by 9 pull-ups, for time within a 10-minute time cap

2:48Thomas Sullivan | Donor, Fran, February 2024Watch the Workout
4:37Roni Hayes | Donor, Fran, February 2024Watch the Workout

Grace

30 clean and jerks of 135 pounds for men, 95 pounds for women

1:57Mimi Mahon | Donor, 2022 Championship, September 2022

Sprint Murph

800-meter run; 10 rounds of 5 strict pull-ups, 10 hand release push-ups, 15 air squats; 800-meter run

22:45Cody Maynard | Donor, Donor Games 2023 Championship
22:14Roni Hays | Donor, Donor Games 2023 Championship

Super Murph

5 rounds of 40 sit-ups, 30 air squats, 20 push-ups and 10 pull-ups

Bonnyman

1-rep max bench press and a 3-rep max deadlift. Score is the composite ranking of the 2 lifts.

285 bench | 405 deadliftKevin Kilkenny | Donor, Bonnyman, January 2023Watch the Workout
165 bench | 350 deadliftMimi Mahon | Donor, Bonnyman, January 2023Watch the Workout

Mitch

Total number of bench press reps (men: 185 pounds, women: 95 pounds) plus pull-ups

44Mimi Mahon | Donor, Mitch, June 2022Watch the Workout

3-Rep Max Deadlift

Max weight for 3 reps within 10 seconds

Murph

1-mile run, 10 rounds of 10 pull-ups, 20 hand release push-ups, 30 air squats, 1-mile run

44:12Chris Sullivan | Donor, 2022 Championship, September 2022
45:56Roni Hays | Donor, 2022 Championship, September 2022

Hawkins

10 rounds of 20 hand release push-ups, 30 air squats and 40 sit-ups

29:51Garet Hil | Donor, Hawkins, July 2021Watch the Workout
33:30Mimi Mahon | Donor, Hawkins, July 2021Watch the Workout

Mini Murph

10 consecutive rounds of 10 pull-ups, 20 hand release push-ups, and 30 air squats within the time limit of 90 minutes

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