Joel vs Michael

NZL NZL · Open Men · 1 result

Joel Brown

1:46:09 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
887th of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Schinkel

1:28:43 best Open Men time · Glasgow 2025
2033rd of 3,034 place in that race · 3,034 Open Men finishers

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

Joel: Auckland 2026, Open Men · Michael: Glasgow 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Joel and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joel: strongest on Carry (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 10%).Michael: strongest on Row (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 14%).

See the numbers
Part Joel: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 34% 15%
Push 17% 14%
Pull 50% 28%
BBJ 28% 35%
Row 17% 61%
Carry 57% 30%
Lunges 11% 45%
Wall balls 10% 46%
Roxzone 33% 31%
Runs 25% 31%

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

Part by part

Part Joel Michael
SkiErg 34% 15%
Sled push 17% 14%
Sled pull 50% 28%
Burpee broad jump 28% 35%
Row 17% 61%
Farmers carry 57% 30%
Sandbag lunges 11% 45%
Wall balls 10% 46%
Roxzone (moving) 33% 31%
Runs (8 km) 25% 31%

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

Joel · Auckland 2026 · Open Men1:46:09
4:544:324:554:176:035:045:567:087:175:257:021:586:468:298:2111:166:53
Michael · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men1:28:43
3:524:425:353:405:365:036:086:006:024:386:222:206:145:105:046:465:37
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.Joel · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 51:14 running, 48:09 at the stations and 6:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:16).Below, Michael · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men: 44:53 running, 38:19 at the stations and 5:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:46).

See the numbers
Part Joel · Auckland 2026 · Open Men Michael · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:54 3:52
SkiErg 4:32 4:42
Run 2 4:55 5:35
Sled push 4:17 3:40
Run 3 6:03 5:36
Sled pull 5:04 5:03
Run 4 5:56 6:08
Burpee broad jump 7:08 6:00
Run 5 7:17 6:02
Row 5:25 4:38
Run 6 7:02 6:22
Farmers carry 1:58 2:20
Run 7 6:46 6:14
Sandbag lunges 8:29 5:10
Run 8 8:21 5:04
Wall balls 11:16 6:46
Roxzone 6:53 5:37
Finish 1:46:09 1:28:43

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Joel Michael Gap
Auckland 2026 Open Men · 29 Jan 2026 1:46:09 1:46:03 0:06 · Michael faster
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