Michael vs Darren

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Houde

1:19:11 best Open Men time · New York 2025
547th of 1,865 place in that race · 1,865 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Darren Waller

1:19:07 best Open Men time · New York 2025
546th of 1,865 place in that race · 1,865 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: New York 2025, Open Men · Darren: New York 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzone
no split
Runs
no split
MichaelDarrenedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Michael and Darren 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 BBJ (faster than 21%).Darren: strongest on Ski (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 48%).

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Part Michael: faster than Darren: faster than
Ski 70% 86%
Push 97% 59%
Pull 88% 50%
BBJ 21% 82%
Row 88% 79%
Carry 77% 86%
Lunges 37% 59%
Wall balls 89% 48%
Roxzone 61% no split
Runs 65% no split

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

Part by part

Part Michael Darren
SkiErg 70% 86%
Sled push 97% 59%
Sled pull 88% 50%
Burpee broad jump 21% 82%
Row 88% 79%
Farmers carry 77% 86%
Sandbag lunges 37% 59%
Wall balls 89% 48%
Roxzone (moving) 61% —
Runs (8 km) 65% —

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 · New York 2025 · Open Men1:19:11
5:014:224:281:424:443:145:066:595:064:295:011:594:495:506:294:535:08
Darren · New York 2025 · Open Men1:19:07
4:374:132:214:064:104:351:505:037:04
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 · New York 2025 · Open Men: 40:44 running, 33:27 at the stations and 5:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:59) and the shortest the sled push (1:42).Below, Darren · New York 2025 · Open Men: 4:37 running and 33:22 at the stations; the longest station was the wall balls (7:04).

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Part Michael · New York 2025 · Open Men Darren · New York 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:01 4:37
SkiErg 4:22 4:13
Run 2 4:28 —
Sled push 1:42 2:21
Run 3 4:44 —
Sled pull 3:14 4:06
Run 4 5:06 —
Burpee broad jump 6:59 4:10
Run 5 5:06 —
Row 4:29 4:35
Run 6 5:01 —
Farmers carry 1:59 1:50
Run 7 4:49 —
Sandbag lunges 5:50 5:03
Run 8 6:29 —
Wall balls 4:53 7:04
Roxzone 5:08 —
Finish 1:19:11 1:19:07

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Darren Gap
New York 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:19:11 1:19:07 0:04 · Darren faster
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