Michael vs Ross

USA USA · Open Men · 4 results

Michael Connell

1:17:37 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
531st of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Ross Newsome

1:17:34 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
530th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Ross: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Ross sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 44%).Ross: strongest on BBJ (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 51%).

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Part Michael: faster than Ross: faster than
Ski 66% 75%
Push 44% 58%
Pull 73% 62%
BBJ 86% 87%
Row 65% 54%
Carry 90% 51%
Lunges 73% 60%
Wall balls 74% 66%
Roxzone 78% 85%
Runs 81% 85%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Ross
SkiErg 66% 75%
Sled push 44% 58%
Sled pull 73% 62%
Burpee broad jump 86% 87%
Row 65% 54%
Farmers carry 90% 51%
Sandbag lunges 73% 60%
Wall balls 74% 66%
Roxzone (moving) 78% 85%
Runs (8 km) 81% 85%

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 · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:17:37
3:184:354:463:175:204:225:074:104:564:524:371:384:334:504:186:196:48
Ross · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:17:34
3:044:304:103:004:324:414:404:054:555:004:512:074:445:234:546:486:18
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 · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 36:55 running, 34:03 at the stations and 6:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:19).Below, Ross · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 35:50 running, 35:34 at the stations and 6:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:48).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Ross · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:18 3:04
SkiErg 4:35 4:30
Run 2 4:46 4:10
Sled push 3:17 3:00
Run 3 5:20 4:32
Sled pull 4:22 4:41
Run 4 5:07 4:40
Burpee broad jump 4:10 4:05
Run 5 4:56 4:55
Row 4:52 5:00
Run 6 4:37 4:51
Farmers carry 1:38 2:07
Run 7 4:33 4:44
Sandbag lunges 4:50 5:23
Run 8 4:18 4:54
Wall balls 6:19 6:48
Roxzone 6:48 6:18
Finish 1:17:37 1:17:34

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Ross Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 1:17:37 1:17:34 0:03 · Ross faster
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