Saul vs Michael
USA · Open Men · 1 result Saul Bailey
USA · Open Men · 2 results Michael Blakeley
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Saul: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men · Michael: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Saul and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Saul: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 30%).Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 27%).
See the numbers
| Part | Saul: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 30% | 27% |
| Push | 64% | 58% |
| Pull | 89% | 35% |
| BBJ | 54% | 74% |
| Row | 59% | 41% |
| Carry | 62% | 38% |
| Lunges | 45% | 41% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 76% |
| Roxzone | 61% | 75% |
| Runs | 45% | 55% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Saul | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 30% | 27% |
| Sled push | 64% | 58% |
| Sled pull | 89% | 35% |
| Burpee broad jump | 54% | 74% |
| Row | 59% | 41% |
| Farmers carry | 62% | 38% |
| Sandbag lunges | 45% | 41% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 76% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 61% | 75% |
| Runs (8 km) | 45% | 55% |
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.Saul · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 45:26 running, 35:10 at the stations and 9:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:55).Below, Michael · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 43:16 running, 38:13 at the stations and 8:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:20).
See the numbers
| Part | Saul · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men | Michael · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:43 | 3:41 |
| SkiErg | 4:55 | 4:57 |
| Run 2 | 5:51 | 5:35 |
| Sled push | 2:47 | 2:55 |
| Run 3 | 5:54 | 5:59 |
| Sled pull | 3:51 | 5:28 |
| Run 4 | 6:11 | 5:43 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:55 | 5:07 |
| Run 5 | 6:14 | 5:56 |
| Row | 4:58 | 5:11 |
| Run 6 | 5:42 | 5:43 |
| Farmers carry | 2:01 | 2:16 |
| Run 7 | 5:48 | 5:26 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:48 | 5:59 |
| Run 8 | 6:03 | 5:14 |
| Wall balls | 4:54 | 6:20 |
| Roxzone | 9:15 | 8:16 |
| Finish | 1:29:42 | 1:29:40 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Saul | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City 2026 Open Men · 18 Sep 2026 | 1:29:42 | 1:29:40 | 0:02 · Michael faster |
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