Chris vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Chris French

1:37:58 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1706th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Nguyen

1:32:08 best Open Men time · London 2024
1569th of 2,324 place in that race · 2,324 Open Men finishers

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

Chris: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Michael: London 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Chris and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chris: strongest on Carry (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 10%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 3%).

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Part Chris: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 14% 30%
Push 12% 32%
Pull 21% 3%
BBJ 13% 82%
Row 11% 15%
Carry 42% 10%
Lunges 10% 81%
Wall balls 26% 62%
Roxzone 11% 8%
Runs 22% 41%

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

Part by part

Part Chris Michael
SkiErg 14% 30%
Sled push 12% 32%
Sled pull 21% 3%
Burpee broad jump 13% 82%
Row 11% 15%
Farmers carry 42% 10%
Sandbag lunges 10% 81%
Wall balls 26% 62%
Roxzone (moving) 11% 8%
Runs (8 km) 22% 41%

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

Chris · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:37:58
5:334:565:123:455:245:415:318:185:365:225:342:135:426:436:578:167:15
Michael · London 2024 · Open Men1:32:08
4:574:354:143:284:278:454:354:264:495:156:043:005:464:046:236:0811:20
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.Chris · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 45:29 running, 45:14 at the stations and 7:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:18).Below, Michael · London 2024 · Open Men: 41:15 running, 39:41 at the stations and 11:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (8:45).

See the numbers
Part Chris · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Michael · London 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 5:33 4:57
SkiErg 4:56 4:35
Run 2 5:12 4:14
Sled push 3:45 3:28
Run 3 5:24 4:27
Sled pull 5:41 8:45
Run 4 5:31 4:35
Burpee broad jump 8:18 4:26
Run 5 5:36 4:49
Row 5:22 5:15
Run 6 5:34 6:04
Farmers carry 2:13 3:00
Run 7 5:42 5:46
Sandbag lunges 6:43 4:04
Run 8 6:57 6:23
Wall balls 8:16 6:08
Roxzone 7:15 11:20
Finish 1:37:58 1:32:08

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Chris Michael Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:37:58 1:38:04 0:06 · Chris faster
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