Craig vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Craig Owen

1:51:12 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
3529th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Michael Elliott

1:27:18 best Open Men time · London Olympia 2026
1454th of 2,650 place in that race · 2,650 Open Men finishers

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

Craig: Birmingham 2024, Pro Men · Michael: London Olympia 2026, Open Men

Not the same division. Craig's race here is Pro Men and Michael's is Open Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.

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

This chart shows where Craig and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Craig: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 23%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 10%).

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Part Craig: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 67% 17%
Push 87% 10%
Pull 66% 47%
BBJ 79% 55%
Row 73% 28%
Carry 23% 16%
Lunges 67% 34%
Wall balls 88% 41%
Roxzone 39% 41%
Runs 43% 54%

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

Part by part

Part Craig Michael
SkiErg 67% 17%
Sled push 87% 10%
Sled pull 66% 47%
Burpee broad jump 79% 55%
Row 73% 28%
Farmers carry 23% 16%
Sandbag lunges 67% 34%
Wall balls 88% 41%
Roxzone (moving) 39% 41%
Runs (8 km) 43% 54%

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

Craig · Birmingham 2024 · Pro Men1:17:12
4:344:044:092:454:475:214:423:534:514:184:572:394:524:294:544:597:05
Michael · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men1:27:18
4:494:494:324:034:384:304:475:224:565:054:562:544:575:546:558:036:16
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.Craig · Birmingham 2024 · Pro Men: 37:46 running, 32:28 at the stations and 7:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:21).Below, Michael · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 40:29 running, 40:40 at the stations and 6:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:03).

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Part Craig · Birmingham 2024 · Pro Men Michael · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:34 4:49
SkiErg 4:04 4:49
Run 2 4:09 4:32
Sled push 2:45 4:03
Run 3 4:47 4:38
Sled pull 5:21 4:30
Run 4 4:42 4:47
Burpee broad jump 3:53 5:22
Run 5 4:51 4:56
Row 4:18 5:05
Run 6 4:57 4:56
Farmers carry 2:39 2:54
Run 7 4:52 4:57
Sandbag lunges 4:29 5:54
Run 8 4:54 6:55
Wall balls 4:59 8:03
Roxzone 7:05 6:16
Finish 1:17:12 1:27:18

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Craig Michael Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 1:51:12 1:51:25 0:13 · Craig faster
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:51:26 1:55:37 4:11 · Craig faster
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