Michael vs Gareth

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Thorburn

1:30:31 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3815th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Gareth Pugh

1:30:32 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3817th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Gareth: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Gareth 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 52% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 20%).Gareth: strongest on BBJ (faster than 56% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 14%).

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Part Michael: faster than Gareth: faster than
Ski 25% 14%
Push 52% 27%
Pull 51% 40%
BBJ 20% 56%
Row 42% 42%
Carry 40% 37%
Lunges 50% 45%
Wall balls 47% 29%
Roxzone 29% 23%
Runs 24% 29%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Gareth
SkiErg 25% 14%
Sled push 52% 27%
Sled pull 51% 40%
Burpee broad jump 20% 56%
Row 42% 42%
Farmers carry 40% 37%
Sandbag lunges 50% 45%
Wall balls 47% 29%
Roxzone (moving) 29% 23%
Runs (8 km) 24% 29%

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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:30:31
3:485:054:162:474:294:464:427:144:495:014:222:104:305:116:447:3313:11
Gareth · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:30:32
3:525:154:263:104:265:054:225:174:195:014:322:134:285:216:139:0213:38
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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 37:40 running, 39:47 at the stations and 13:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:33).Below, Gareth · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 36:38 running, 40:24 at the stations and 13:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:02).

See the numbers
Part Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Gareth · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:48 3:52
SkiErg 5:05 5:15
Run 2 4:16 4:26
Sled push 2:47 3:10
Run 3 4:29 4:26
Sled pull 4:46 5:05
Run 4 4:42 4:22
Burpee broad jump 7:14 5:17
Run 5 4:49 4:19
Row 5:01 5:01
Run 6 4:22 4:32
Farmers carry 2:10 2:13
Run 7 4:30 4:28
Sandbag lunges 5:11 5:21
Run 8 6:44 6:13
Wall balls 7:33 9:02
Roxzone 13:11 13:38
Finish 1:30:31 1:30:32

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Gareth Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:30:31 1:30:32 0:01 · Michael faster
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