Alex vs Michaela
Alex Best
Michaela Shadick
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Alex: Cardiff 2026, Open Women · Michaela: London ExCeL 2025, Open Women
no splitRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
This chart shows where Alex and Michaela sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alex: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 16%).Michaela: strongest on Pull (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 6%).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex: faster than | Michaela: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 55% | 45% |
| Push | 42% | 15% |
| Pull | 16% | 54% |
| BBJ | 46% | no split |
| Row | 60% | 48% |
| Carry | 33% | 29% |
| Lunges | 52% | 40% |
| Wall balls | 65% | 39% |
| Roxzone | 41% | 6% |
| Runs | 56% | 47% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Alex | Michaela |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 55% | 45% |
| Sled push | 42% | 15% |
| Sled pull | 16% | 54% |
| Burpee broad jump | 46% | — |
| Row | 60% | 48% |
| Farmers carry | 33% | 29% |
| Sandbag lunges | 52% | 40% |
| Wall balls | 65% | 39% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 41% | 6% |
| Runs (8 km) | 56% | 47% |
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
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.Alex · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women: 46:22 running, 42:12 at the stations and 5:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:28) and the shortest the sled push (3:05).Below, Michaela · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Women: 38:04 running, 35:26 at the stations and 18:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women | Michaela · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:45 | 3:39 |
| SkiErg | 5:15 | 5:36 |
| Run 2 | 5:36 | 4:37 |
| Sled push | 3:05 | 3:27 |
| Run 3 | 6:04 | 4:40 |
| Sled pull | 6:54 | 5:27 |
| Run 4 | 6:03 | 4:47 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:28 | — |
| Run 5 | 5:50 | 4:43 |
| Row | 5:24 | 5:36 |
| Run 6 | 5:52 | 4:39 |
| Farmers carry | 3:18 | 2:29 |
| Run 7 | 4:58 | 4:33 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:53 | 5:22 |
| Run 8 | 6:14 | 6:25 |
| Wall balls | 5:55 | 7:29 |
| Roxzone | 5:03 | 18:51 |
| Finish | 1:33:34 | 1:32:24 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Alex | Michaela | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Women · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:33:34 | 1:33:33 | 0:01 · Michaela faster |
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