Ben vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 7 results

Ben Sullivan

1:24:40 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
586th of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 8 results

Michael Maldonado

1:22:42 best Open Men time · Boston 2025
489th of 1,463 place in that race · 1,463 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: Boston 2026, Open Men · Michael: Boston 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ben and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Lunges (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 26%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 36%).

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Part Ben: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 57% 73%
Push 41% 46%
Pull 26% 49%
BBJ 33% 79%
Row 46% 58%
Carry 55% 38%
Lunges 95% 36%
Wall balls 65% 48%
Roxzone 88% 52%
Runs 70% 79%

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

Part by part

Part Ben Michael
SkiErg 57% 73%
Sled push 41% 46%
Sled pull 26% 49%
Burpee broad jump 33% 79%
Row 46% 58%
Farmers carry 55% 38%
Sandbag lunges 95% 36%
Wall balls 65% 48%
Roxzone (moving) 88% 52%
Runs (8 km) 70% 79%

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

Ben · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:24:40
4:044:354:503:585:106:105:206:585:155:015:112:115:073:405:376:345:09
Michael · Boston 2025 · Open Men1:22:42
5:264:244:212:434:365:174:314:214:464:504:372:154:385:435:418:046:37
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.Ben · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 40:34 running, 39:08 at the stations and 5:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:58).Below, Michael · Boston 2025 · Open Men: 38:36 running, 37:37 at the stations and 6:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:04).

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Part Ben · Boston 2026 · Open Men Michael · Boston 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:04 5:26
SkiErg 4:35 4:24
Run 2 4:50 4:21
Sled push 3:58 2:43
Run 3 5:10 4:36
Sled pull 6:10 5:17
Run 4 5:20 4:31
Burpee broad jump 6:58 4:21
Run 5 5:15 4:46
Row 5:01 4:50
Run 6 5:11 4:37
Farmers carry 2:11 2:15
Run 7 5:07 4:38
Sandbag lunges 3:40 5:43
Run 8 5:37 5:41
Wall balls 6:34 8:04
Roxzone 5:09 6:37
Finish 1:24:40 1:22:42

Head to head: 3 races they both ran

Race Ben Michael Gap
Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 1:24:40 1:24:43 0:03 · Ben faster
New York 2026 Doubles Men · 28 May 2026 1:16:33 1:15:10 1:23 · Michael faster
Boston 2025 Open Men · 26 Sep 2025 1:30:23 1:22:42 7:41 · Michael faster
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