Joe vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Joe Barnes

1:26:45 best Open Men time · Ghent 2025
838th of 1,429 place in that race · 1,429 Open Men finishers
FRA FRA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Finot

1:34:17 best Open Men time · Lyon 2026
2563rd of 3,441 place in that race · 3,441 Open Men finishers

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

Joe: Ghent 2025, Open Men · Michael: Lyon 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Joe and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joe: strongest on Push (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 23%).Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 14%).

See the numbers
Part Joe: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 23% 80%
Push 70% 97%
Pull 32% 39%
BBJ 39% 33%
Row 30% 65%
Carry 25% 54%
Lunges 34% 16%
Wall balls 25% 53%
Roxzone 69% 14%
Runs 48% 14%

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

Part by part

Part Joe Michael
SkiErg 23% 80%
Sled push 70% 97%
Sled pull 32% 39%
Burpee broad jump 39% 33%
Row 30% 65%
Farmers carry 25% 54%
Sandbag lunges 34% 16%
Wall balls 25% 53%
Roxzone (moving) 69% 14%
Runs (8 km) 48% 14%

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

Joe · Ghent 2025 · Open Men1:26:45
5:284:444:502:485:085:325:135:525:074:584:552:204:525:244:578:426:02
Michael · Lyon 2026 · Open Men1:34:17
4:264:195:392:386:035:425:516:085:434:405:532:085:396:446:306:399:43
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.Joe · Ghent 2025 · Open Men: 40:31 running, 40:20 at the stations and 6:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:42).Below, Michael · Lyon 2026 · Open Men: 45:44 running, 38:58 at the stations and 9:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:44).

See the numbers
Part Joe · Ghent 2025 · Open Men Michael · Lyon 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:28 4:26
SkiErg 4:44 4:19
Run 2 4:50 5:39
Sled push 2:48 2:38
Run 3 5:08 6:03
Sled pull 5:32 5:42
Run 4 5:13 5:51
Burpee broad jump 5:52 6:08
Run 5 5:07 5:43
Row 4:58 4:40
Run 6 4:55 5:53
Farmers carry 2:20 2:08
Run 7 4:52 5:39
Sandbag lunges 5:24 6:44
Run 8 4:57 6:30
Wall balls 8:42 6:39
Roxzone 6:02 9:43
Finish 1:26:45 1:34:17

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Joe Michael Gap
Lyon 2026 Open Men · 21 May 2026 1:34:16 1:34:17 0:01 · Joe faster
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