Harry vs Michael

CHN CHN · Open Men · 1 result

Harry Niu

2:28:35 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
3284th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 5 results

Michael Howes

2:10:57 best Open Men time · Perth 2025
831st of 855 place in that race · 855 Open Men finishers

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

Harry: Sydney 2026, Open Men · Michael: Perth 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Harry and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Harry: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 33% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 0%).Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 10% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 1%).

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Part Harry: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 2% 2%
Push 8% 10%
Pull 12% 4%
BBJ 14% 3%
Row 3% 1%
Carry 2% 7%
Lunges 4% 6%
Wall balls 33% 10%
Roxzone 0% 6%
Runs 0% 3%

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

Part by part

Part Harry Michael
SkiErg 2% 2%
Sled push 8% 10%
Sled pull 12% 4%
Burpee broad jump 14% 3%
Row 3% 1%
Farmers carry 2% 7%
Sandbag lunges 4% 6%
Wall balls 33% 10%
Roxzone (moving) 0% 6%
Runs (8 km) 0% 3%

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

Harry · Sydney 2026 · Open Men2:28:35
5:275:246:083:445:546:166:198:108:105:5210:093:5116:0410:3617:088:1321:15
Michael · Perth 2025 · Open Men2:10:57
6:435:096:214:116:527:547:3110:317:318:067:163:047:419:079:0310:3813:25
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.Harry · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 1:15:19 running, 52:07 at the stations and 21:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (10:36) and the shortest the sled push (3:44).Below, Michael · Perth 2025 · Open Men: 58:59 running, 58:40 at the stations and 13:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:38).

See the numbers
Part Harry · Sydney 2026 · Open Men Michael · Perth 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:27 6:43
SkiErg 5:24 5:09
Run 2 6:08 6:21
Sled push 3:44 4:11
Run 3 5:54 6:52
Sled pull 6:16 7:54
Run 4 6:19 7:31
Burpee broad jump 8:10 10:31
Run 5 8:10 7:31
Row 5:52 8:06
Run 6 10:09 7:16
Farmers carry 3:51 3:04
Run 7 16:04 7:41
Sandbag lunges 10:36 9:07
Run 8 17:08 9:03
Wall balls 8:13 10:38
Roxzone 21:15 13:25
Finish 2:28:35 2:10:57

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Harry Michael Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 2:28:35 2:29:32 0:57 · Harry faster
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