In the interim Olympiad, he competed internationally in the coxless pair and won silver at the 2019 World Rowing Championships partnered with Tom Murray.

[2] He received his education at Westlake Boys High School on the city's North Shore in the suburb of Forrest Hill.

The coxed four, which included Tom Murray and coxswain Sam Bosworth, won gold at that regatta.

[9] Based on this performance, he was picked for the country's U23 team and competed at the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships in Varese, Italy, where he won silver with the U23 coxed four.

[5] At the February 2015 New Zealand rowing championships, Brake competed in three boat classes and won his first national title in the premier men category.

He picked up his first premier title with the coxed four, with different team members to those he won silver with at the world championships the previous year.

[10] He was called into the elite team for the year and went to the 2015 World Rowing Cups II and III with the eight, in Varese (Italy) and at the Swiss Rotsee, respectively.

At the 2015 World Rowing Championships, the men's eight was beaten for a bronze medal by the Netherlands by 0.13 seconds.

[14] At the 2017 New Zealand rowing nationals at Lake Ruataniwha, he competed with the premier coxed four but the team did not complete the A-final.

[5][16] At the February 2018 New Zealand rowing championships, Brake competed in three premier boat classes.

[5] At the February 2019 New Zealand rowing championships, Brake competed in three premier boat classes.

At the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria, they won silver, beaten by the Croatian Sinković brothers Martin and Valent for gold.

[23] In March 2021, Rowing New Zealand announced the elite team for the Olympic year and Brake was placed in the eight that had yet to qualify for the Games.

On 4 January 2025 at Ohauiti in the Bay of Plenty, Brake married his long term partner, rugby player Michaela Blyde.