Steve vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Steve Sutton

1:40:31 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3168th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Simpson

1:33:57 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4151st of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Steve: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Michael: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Steve and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Steve: strongest on Push (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 9%).Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 4%).

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Part Steve: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 50% 7%
Push 55% 19%
Pull 49% 20%
BBJ 18% 27%
Row 34% 31%
Carry 42% 4%
Lunges 15% 39%
Wall balls 24% 54%
Roxzone 9% 20%
Runs 18% 24%

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

Part by part

Part Steve Michael
SkiErg 50% 7%
Sled push 55% 19%
Sled pull 49% 20%
Burpee broad jump 18% 27%
Row 34% 31%
Farmers carry 42% 4%
Sandbag lunges 15% 39%
Wall balls 24% 54%
Roxzone (moving) 9% 20%
Runs (8 km) 18% 24%

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

Steve · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:40:31
5:214:304:323:095:115:045:227:365:494:595:222:168:107:037:089:229:44
Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:33:57
4:045:264:373:224:355:514:396:434:435:094:203:234:205:356:187:0413:57
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.Steve · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 46:55 running, 43:59 at the stations and 9:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:22).Below, Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 37:36 running, 42:33 at the stations and 13:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:04) and the shortest the sled push (3:22).

See the numbers
Part Steve · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:21 4:04
SkiErg 4:30 5:26
Run 2 4:32 4:37
Sled push 3:09 3:22
Run 3 5:11 4:35
Sled pull 5:04 5:51
Run 4 5:22 4:39
Burpee broad jump 7:36 6:43
Run 5 5:49 4:43
Row 4:59 5:09
Run 6 5:22 4:20
Farmers carry 2:16 3:23
Run 7 8:10 4:20
Sandbag lunges 7:03 5:35
Run 8 7:08 6:18
Wall balls 9:22 7:04
Roxzone 9:44 13:57
Finish 1:40:31 1:33:57

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Steve Michael Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:40:31 1:40:30 0:01 · Michael faster
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