Ben vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Laux

1:18:40 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
386th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Tupper

1:18:41 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
388th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: Houston 2026, Open Men · Michael: Houston 2026, 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 Ski (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 55%).Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 35%).

See the numbers
Part Ben: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 91% 35%
Push 69% 90%
Pull 70% 68%
BBJ 78% 86%
Row 78% 76%
Carry 55% 52%
Lunges 76% 54%
Wall balls 82% 85%
Roxzone 80% 75%
Runs 78% 82%

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 91% 35%
Sled push 69% 90%
Sled pull 70% 68%
Burpee broad jump 78% 86%
Row 78% 76%
Farmers carry 55% 52%
Sandbag lunges 76% 54%
Wall balls 82% 85%
Roxzone (moving) 80% 75%
Runs (8 km) 78% 82%

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 · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:18:40
5:074:174:232:524:385:044:444:394:514:424:482:124:504:364:495:496:26
Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:18:41
5:114:494:312:264:375:074:354:174:424:434:382:144:285:294:415:376:44
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 · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 38:10 running, 34:11 at the stations and 6:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:49).Below, Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 37:23 running, 34:42 at the stations and 6:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:37).

See the numbers
Part Ben · Houston 2026 · Open Men Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:07 5:11
SkiErg 4:17 4:49
Run 2 4:23 4:31
Sled push 2:52 2:26
Run 3 4:38 4:37
Sled pull 5:04 5:07
Run 4 4:44 4:35
Burpee broad jump 4:39 4:17
Run 5 4:51 4:42
Row 4:42 4:43
Run 6 4:48 4:38
Farmers carry 2:12 2:14
Run 7 4:50 4:28
Sandbag lunges 4:36 5:29
Run 8 4:49 4:41
Wall balls 5:49 5:37
Roxzone 6:26 6:44
Finish 1:18:40 1:18:41

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ben Michael Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:18:40 1:18:41 0:01 · Ben faster
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