Michael vs Brian
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Michael McDonagh
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Brian Meekham
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Brian: Glasgow 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Brian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 21%).Brian: strongest on Row (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 4%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Brian: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 21% | 96% |
| Push | 97% | 76% |
| Pull | 31% | 91% |
| BBJ | 60% | 52% |
| Row | 44% | 97% |
| Carry | 27% | 95% |
| Lunges | 28% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 59% |
| Roxzone | 45% | 4% |
| Runs | 22% | 20% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Brian |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 21% | 96% |
| Sled push | 97% | 76% |
| Sled pull | 31% | 91% |
| Burpee broad jump | 60% | 52% |
| Row | 44% | 97% |
| Farmers carry | 27% | 95% |
| Sandbag lunges | 28% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 59% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 45% | 4% |
| Runs (8 km) | 22% | 20% |
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
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 · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 45:56 running, 38:56 at the stations and 7:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:03) and the shortest the sled push (2:03).Below, Brian · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men: 47:50 running, 31:17 at the stations and 8:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:07).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men | Brian · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:30 | 4:19 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 3:58 |
| Run 2 | 4:50 | 5:40 |
| Sled push | 2:03 | 2:32 |
| Run 3 | 5:45 | 6:05 |
| Sled pull | 5:30 | 3:22 |
| Run 4 | 5:27 | 6:07 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:25 | 5:16 |
| Run 5 | 6:38 | 6:38 |
| Row | 4:50 | 4:14 |
| Run 6 | 5:36 | 6:36 |
| Farmers carry | 2:28 | 1:31 |
| Run 7 | 5:42 | 6:54 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:57 | 4:17 |
| Run 8 | 6:29 | 5:31 |
| Wall balls | 8:03 | 6:07 |
| Roxzone | 7:46 | 8:32 |
| Finish | 1:32:31 | 1:27:32 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Brian | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow 2026 Open Men · 11 Mar 2026 | 1:33:05 | 1:33:09 | 0:04 · Michael faster |
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