Michael vs Ben

GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Kohler

1:50:52 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3548th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Herring

1:50:54 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3549th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Ben: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 22% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 3%).Ben: strongest on Ski (faster than 52% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 3% 52%
Push 9% 4%
Pull 22% 19%
BBJ 7% 9%
Row 13% 23%
Carry 5% 31%
Lunges 8% 26%
Wall balls 13% 19%
Roxzone 10% 7%
Runs 16% 8%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Ben
SkiErg 3% 52%
Sled push 9% 4%
Sled pull 22% 19%
Burpee broad jump 7% 9%
Row 13% 23%
Farmers carry 5% 31%
Sandbag lunges 8% 26%
Wall balls 13% 19%
Roxzone (moving) 10% 7%
Runs (8 km) 16% 8%

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

Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:50:52
6:095:175:294:535:416:075:599:106:075:225:523:275:568:126:2811:139:38
Ben · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:50:54
6:114:296:015:326:146:186:318:426:555:096:342:276:326:136:5810:0110:16
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.Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 47:41 running, 53:41 at the stations and 9:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:13).Below, Ben · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 51:56 running, 48:51 at the stations and 10:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:01).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Ben · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 6:09 6:11
SkiErg 5:17 4:29
Run 2 5:29 6:01
Sled push 4:53 5:32
Run 3 5:41 6:14
Sled pull 6:07 6:18
Run 4 5:59 6:31
Burpee broad jump 9:10 8:42
Run 5 6:07 6:55
Row 5:22 5:09
Run 6 5:52 6:34
Farmers carry 3:27 2:27
Run 7 5:56 6:32
Sandbag lunges 8:12 6:13
Run 8 6:28 6:58
Wall balls 11:13 10:01
Roxzone 9:38 10:16
Finish 1:50:52 1:50:54

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Ben Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:50:52 1:50:54 0:02 · Michael faster
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