Mike vs Karl
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Mike Busby
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Karl Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mike: London 2025, Open Men · Karl: Cardiff 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Mike and Karl sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mike: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 28% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 4%).Karl: strongest on Push (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 8%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mike: faster than | Karl: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 25% | 27% |
| Push | 22% | 74% |
| Pull | 11% | 25% |
| BBJ | 23% | 15% |
| Row | 13% | 49% |
| Carry | 26% | 36% |
| Lunges | 20% | 8% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 8% |
| Roxzone | 7% | 22% |
| Runs | 4% | 22% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mike | Karl |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 25% | 27% |
| Sled push | 22% | 74% |
| Sled pull | 11% | 25% |
| Burpee broad jump | 23% | 15% |
| Row | 13% | 49% |
| Farmers carry | 26% | 36% |
| Sandbag lunges | 20% | 8% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 8% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 7% | 22% |
| Runs (8 km) | 4% | 22% |
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.Mike · London 2025 · Open Men: 55:49 running, 43:19 at the stations and 8:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:43).Below, Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 45:35 running, 46:28 at the stations and 6:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:20).
See the numbers
| Part | Mike · London 2025 · Open Men | Karl · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:23 | 5:16 |
| SkiErg | 4:35 | 4:44 |
| Run 2 | 5:37 | 5:04 |
| Sled push | 3:17 | 2:40 |
| Run 3 | 6:33 | 5:42 |
| Sled pull | 5:50 | 5:31 |
| Run 4 | 6:46 | 5:30 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:40 | 8:06 |
| Run 5 | 7:25 | 5:40 |
| Row | 5:11 | 4:48 |
| Run 6 | 6:36 | 5:41 |
| Farmers carry | 2:31 | 2:18 |
| Run 7 | 6:47 | 5:38 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:32 | 7:01 |
| Run 8 | 10:42 | 7:04 |
| Wall balls | 8:43 | 11:20 |
| Roxzone | 8:23 | 6:08 |
| Finish | 1:47:24 | 1:38:11 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mike | Karl | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London 2025 Open Men · 3 May 2025 | 1:47:24 | 1:47:39 | 0:15 · Mike faster |
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