Dan vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Dan Merrifield

2:26:27 best Open Men time · Houston 2025
987th of 1,006 place in that race · 1,006 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Bailey

2:28:04 best Open Men time · Houston 2025
989th of 1,006 place in that race · 1,006 Open Men finishers

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

Dan: Houston 2025, Open Men · Michael: Houston 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Dan and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Dan: strongest on Ski (faster than 27% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 0%).Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 14% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 2%).

See the numbers
Part Dan: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 27% 2%
Push 16% 2%
Pull 25% 2%
BBJ 0% 14%
Row 8% 13%
Carry 6% 14%
Lunges 3% 6%
Wall balls 1% 2%
Roxzone 5% 4%
Runs 5% 2%

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

Part by part

Part Dan Michael
SkiErg 27% 2%
Sled push 16% 2%
Sled pull 25% 2%
Burpee broad jump 0% 14%
Row 8% 13%
Farmers carry 6% 14%
Sandbag lunges 3% 6%
Wall balls 1% 2%
Roxzone (moving) 5% 4%
Runs (8 km) 5% 2%

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

Dan · Houston 2025 · Open Men2:26:27
7:244:477:293:377:296:427:4518:158:165:478:113:338:3110:549:4515:2412:45
Michael · Houston 2025 · Open Men2:28:04
8:245:299:425:237:349:558:078:5012:225:347:103:017:389:0512:5614:0213:00
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.Dan · Houston 2025 · Open Men: 1:04:50 running, 1:08:59 at the stations and 12:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (18:15).Below, Michael · Houston 2025 · Open Men: 1:13:53 running, 1:01:19 at the stations and 13:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:02).

See the numbers
Part Dan · Houston 2025 · Open Men Michael · Houston 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 7:24 8:24
SkiErg 4:47 5:29
Run 2 7:29 9:42
Sled push 3:37 5:23
Run 3 7:29 7:34
Sled pull 6:42 9:55
Run 4 7:45 8:07
Burpee broad jump 18:15 8:50
Run 5 8:16 12:22
Row 5:47 5:34
Run 6 8:11 7:10
Farmers carry 3:33 3:01
Run 7 8:31 7:38
Sandbag lunges 10:54 9:05
Run 8 9:45 12:56
Wall balls 15:24 14:02
Roxzone 12:45 13:00
Finish 2:26:27 2:28:04

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Dan Michael Gap
Houston 2025 Open Men · 15 Mar 2025 2:26:27 2:28:04 1:37 · Dan faster
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