Joe vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Joe Perkins

1:08:14 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
430th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Michael Dowell

1:06:26 best Open Men time · London Olympia 2026
148th of 2,650 place in that race · 2,650 Open Men finishers

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

Joe: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Michael: London Olympia 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Joe and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joe: strongest on Runs (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 46%).Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 74%).

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Part Joe: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 87% 84%
Push 46% 74%
Pull 78% 90%
BBJ 85% 95%
Row 92% 82%
Carry 55% 99%
Lunges 84% 78%
Wall balls 79% 83%
Roxzone 77% 94%
Runs 95% 94%

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

Part by part

Part Joe Michael
SkiErg 87% 84%
Sled push 46% 74%
Sled pull 78% 90%
Burpee broad jump 85% 95%
Row 92% 82%
Farmers carry 55% 99%
Sandbag lunges 84% 78%
Wall balls 79% 83%
Roxzone (moving) 77% 94%
Runs (8 km) 95% 94%

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

Joe · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:08:14
4:184:163:423:243:503:523:504:033:514:223:552:053:564:024:005:325:23
Michael · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men1:06:26
3:544:123:482:363:573:213:523:304:004:294:021:234:004:175:305:294:16
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.Joe · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 31:22 running, 31:36 at the stations and 5:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:32).Below, Michael · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 33:03 running, 29:16 at the stations and 4:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:29).

See the numbers
Part Joe · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Michael · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:18 3:54
SkiErg 4:16 4:12
Run 2 3:42 3:48
Sled push 3:24 2:36
Run 3 3:50 3:57
Sled pull 3:52 3:21
Run 4 3:50 3:52
Burpee broad jump 4:03 3:30
Run 5 3:51 4:00
Row 4:22 4:29
Run 6 3:55 4:02
Farmers carry 2:05 1:23
Run 7 3:56 4:00
Sandbag lunges 4:02 4:17
Run 8 4:00 5:30
Wall balls 5:32 5:29
Roxzone 5:23 4:16
Finish 1:08:14 1:06:26

Head to head: 3 races they both ran

Race Joe Michael Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 1:08:14 1:08:15 0:01 · Joe faster
London Olympia 2026 Open Men · 24 Mar 2026 1:09:29 1:06:26 3:03 · Michael faster
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:09:13 1:09:10 0:03 · Michael faster
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