Michael vs Pavil

USA USA · Open Men · 4 results

Michael Balaski

1:34:46 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
921st of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Pavil Sabu

2:00:41 best Open Men time · New York 2026
4053rd of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Pavil: New York 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Pavil sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 13%).Pavil: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 30% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 3%).

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Part Michael: faster than Pavil: faster than
Ski 13% 4%
Push 54% 11%
Pull 84% 6%
BBJ 46% 24%
Row 39% 8%
Carry 39% 10%
Lunges 28% 5%
Wall balls 41% 30%
Roxzone 68% 3%
Runs 35% 23%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Pavil
SkiErg 13% 4%
Sled push 54% 11%
Sled pull 84% 6%
Burpee broad jump 46% 24%
Row 39% 8%
Farmers carry 39% 10%
Sandbag lunges 28% 5%
Wall balls 41% 30%
Roxzone (moving) 68% 3%
Runs (8 km) 35% 23%

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 · Chicago 2025 · Open Men1:34:46
4:294:566:002:326:284:116:256:286:235:026:042:166:146:196:488:176:02
Pavil · New York 2026 · Open Men2:00:41
5:455:315:204:146:107:447:107:156:515:546:293:326:5410:088:309:1914:03
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 · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 48:51 running, 40:01 at the stations and 6:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:17).Below, Pavil · New York 2026 · Open Men: 53:09 running, 53:37 at the stations and 14:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (10:08).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men Pavil · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:29 5:45
SkiErg 4:56 5:31
Run 2 6:00 5:20
Sled push 2:32 4:14
Run 3 6:28 6:10
Sled pull 4:11 7:44
Run 4 6:25 7:10
Burpee broad jump 6:28 7:15
Run 5 6:23 6:51
Row 5:02 5:54
Run 6 6:04 6:29
Farmers carry 2:16 3:32
Run 7 6:14 6:54
Sandbag lunges 6:19 10:08
Run 8 6:48 8:30
Wall balls 8:17 9:19
Roxzone 6:02 14:03
Finish 1:34:46 2:00:41

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Pavil Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 2:00:41 2:00:41 level
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