Elijah vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 7 results

Elijah Watson

1:09:58 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
108th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 27 results

Michael Gomeringer

1:09:54 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
107th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Elijah: Houston 2026, Open Men · Michael: Houston 2026, Open Men

50% SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
ElijahMichaeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Elijah and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Elijah: strongest on Lunges (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 78%).Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 68%).

See the numbers
Part Elijah: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 92% 81%
Push 90% 68%
Pull 85% 97%
BBJ 95% 83%
Row 94% 95%
Carry 78% 98%
Lunges 97% 88%
Wall balls 85% 85%
Roxzone 97% 87%
Runs 92% 95%

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

Part by part

Part Elijah Michael
SkiErg 92% 81%
Sled push 90% 68%
Sled pull 85% 97%
Burpee broad jump 95% 83%
Row 94% 95%
Farmers carry 78% 98%
Sandbag lunges 97% 88%
Wall balls 85% 85%
Roxzone (moving) 97% 87%
Runs (8 km) 92% 95%

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

Elijah · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:09:58
4:174:164:052:274:214:334:203:344:224:274:241:564:223:324:325:365:03
Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:09:54
4:184:243:532:544:003:443:594:244:064:264:041:304:184:074:225:375:57
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.Elijah · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 34:43 running, 30:21 at the stations and 5:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:36).Below, Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 33:00 running, 31:06 at the stations and 5:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:37).

See the numbers
Part Elijah · Houston 2026 · Open Men Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:17 4:18
SkiErg 4:16 4:24
Run 2 4:05 3:53
Sled push 2:27 2:54
Run 3 4:21 4:00
Sled pull 4:33 3:44
Run 4 4:20 3:59
Burpee broad jump 3:34 4:24
Run 5 4:22 4:06
Row 4:27 4:26
Run 6 4:24 4:04
Farmers carry 1:56 1:30
Run 7 4:22 4:18
Sandbag lunges 3:32 4:07
Run 8 4:32 4:22
Wall balls 5:36 5:37
Roxzone 5:03 5:57
Finish 1:09:58 1:09:54

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Elijah Michael Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:09:58 1:09:54 0:04 · Michael faster
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