Matt vs Michael

NZL NZL · Open Men · 2 results

Matt McGrath

1:25:09 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
422nd of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 4 results

Michael Knight

1:18:27 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
1043rd of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Matt: Auckland 2026, Open Men · Michael: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matt and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matt: strongest on Push (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 20%).Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 50%).

See the numbers
Part Matt: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 29% 84%
Push 89% 50%
Pull 85% 87%
BBJ 20% 60%
Row 55% 60%
Carry 85% 63%
Lunges 73% 84%
Wall balls 64% 67%
Roxzone 76% 79%
Runs 56% 56%

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

Part by part

Part Matt Michael
SkiErg 29% 84%
Sled push 89% 50%
Sled pull 85% 87%
Burpee broad jump 20% 60%
Row 55% 60%
Farmers carry 85% 63%
Sandbag lunges 73% 84%
Wall balls 64% 67%
Roxzone (moving) 76% 79%
Runs (8 km) 56% 56%

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

Matt · Auckland 2026 · Open Men1:25:09
5:214:354:532:375:194:005:227:475:394:545:301:405:364:486:176:144:44
Michael · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:18:27
3:434:104:022:374:283:324:455:184:574:394:481:564:454:177:156:037:21
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.Matt · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 43:57 running, 36:35 at the stations and 4:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:47).Below, Michael · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 38:43 running, 32:32 at the stations and 7:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:03).

See the numbers
Part Matt · Auckland 2026 · Open Men Michael · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:21 3:43
SkiErg 4:35 4:10
Run 2 4:53 4:02
Sled push 2:37 2:37
Run 3 5:19 4:28
Sled pull 4:00 3:32
Run 4 5:22 4:45
Burpee broad jump 7:47 5:18
Run 5 5:39 4:57
Row 4:54 4:39
Run 6 5:30 4:48
Farmers carry 1:40 1:56
Run 7 5:36 4:45
Sandbag lunges 4:48 4:17
Run 8 6:17 7:15
Wall balls 6:14 6:03
Roxzone 4:44 7:21
Finish 1:25:09 1:18:27

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matt Michael Gap
Auckland 2026 Open Men · 29 Jan 2026 1:25:09 1:25:06 0:03 · Michael faster
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