Alex vs Michael

FRA FRA · Open Men · 2 results

Alex Chatain

1:18:46 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
842nd of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 4 results

Michael Knight

1:18:27 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
1043rd of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Alex: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Michael: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Alex and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alex: strongest on Runs (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 10%).Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 50%).

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Part Alex: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 46% 84%
Push 48% 50%
Pull 25% 87%
BBJ 46% 60%
Row 46% 60%
Carry 83% 63%
Lunges 47% 84%
Wall balls 10% 67%
Roxzone 77% 79%
Runs 88% 56%

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

Part by part

Part Alex Michael
SkiErg 46% 84%
Sled push 48% 50%
Sled pull 25% 87%
Burpee broad jump 46% 60%
Row 46% 60%
Farmers carry 83% 63%
Sandbag lunges 47% 84%
Wall balls 10% 67%
Roxzone (moving) 77% 79%
Runs (8 km) 88% 56%

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

Alex · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:18:46
3:304:223:492:214:045:173:555:324:024:423:481:484:065:245:129:487:16
Michael · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:18:27
3:434:104:022:374:283:324:455:184:574:394:481:564:454:177:156:037:21
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.Alex · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 32:26 running, 39:14 at the stations and 7:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:48).Below, Michael · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 38:43 running, 32:32 at the stations and 7:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:03).

See the numbers
Part Alex · Sydney 2025 · Open Men Michael · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:30 3:43
SkiErg 4:22 4:10
Run 2 3:49 4:02
Sled push 2:21 2:37
Run 3 4:04 4:28
Sled pull 5:17 3:32
Run 4 3:55 4:45
Burpee broad jump 5:32 5:18
Run 5 4:02 4:57
Row 4:42 4:39
Run 6 3:48 4:48
Farmers carry 1:48 1:56
Run 7 4:06 4:45
Sandbag lunges 5:24 4:17
Run 8 5:12 7:15
Wall balls 9:48 6:03
Roxzone 7:16 7:21
Finish 1:18:46 1:18:27

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Alex Michael Gap
Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 1:21:06 1:21:06 level
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