Michael vs Björn

BEL BEL · Open Men · 1 result

Michael de Smet

1:35:13 best Open Men time · Helsinki 2026
701st of 913 place in that race · 913 Open Men finishers
BEL BEL · Open Men · 2 results

Björn Dillien

1:35:10 best Open Men time · Helsinki 2026
700th of 913 place in that race · 913 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Helsinki 2026, Open Men · Björn: Helsinki 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Björn sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Ski (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 7%).Björn: strongest on Ski (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 7%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Björn: faster than
Ski 81% 83%
Push 31% 28%
Pull 22% 21%
BBJ 7% 7%
Row 13% 41%
Carry 28% 39%
Lunges 8% 9%
Wall balls 11% 15%
Roxzone 27% 20%
Runs 49% 46%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Björn
SkiErg 81% 83%
Sled push 31% 28%
Sled pull 22% 21%
Burpee broad jump 7% 7%
Row 13% 41%
Farmers carry 28% 39%
Sandbag lunges 8% 9%
Wall balls 11% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 27% 20%
Runs (8 km) 49% 46%

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

Michael · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men1:35:13
5:004:184:312:475:055:045:178:325:065:174:592:155:407:405:4110:287:39
Björn · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men1:35:10
4:584:174:322:495:065:075:188:515:074:504:592:055:417:216:199:518:08
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.Michael · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men: 41:19 running, 46:21 at the stations and 7:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:28).Below, Björn · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men: 42:00 running, 45:11 at the stations and 8:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:51).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men Björn · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:00 4:58
SkiErg 4:18 4:17
Run 2 4:31 4:32
Sled push 2:47 2:49
Run 3 5:05 5:06
Sled pull 5:04 5:07
Run 4 5:17 5:18
Burpee broad jump 8:32 8:51
Run 5 5:06 5:07
Row 5:17 4:50
Run 6 4:59 4:59
Farmers carry 2:15 2:05
Run 7 5:40 5:41
Sandbag lunges 7:40 7:21
Run 8 5:41 6:19
Wall balls 10:28 9:51
Roxzone 7:39 8:08
Finish 1:35:13 1:35:10

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Björn Gap
Helsinki 2026 Open Men · 9 May 2026 1:35:13 1:35:10 0:03 · Björn faster
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