Darren vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 7 results

Darren Edmondson

1:15:24 best Open Men time · Glasgow 2025
928th of 3,034 place in that race · 3,034 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Michael Beeson

1:20:25 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
560th of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers

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

Darren: Glasgow 2025, Open Men · Michael: Mechelen 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Darren and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Darren: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 39%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 12%).

See the numbers
Part Darren: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 46% 41%
Push 75% 12%
Pull 88% 47%
BBJ 50% 81%
Row 82% 53%
Carry 39% 63%
Lunges 60% 73%
Wall balls 95% 49%
Roxzone 53% 65%
Runs 62% 68%

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

Part by part

Part Darren Michael
SkiErg 46% 41%
Sled push 75% 12%
Sled pull 88% 47%
Burpee broad jump 50% 81%
Row 82% 53%
Farmers carry 39% 63%
Sandbag lunges 60% 73%
Wall balls 95% 49%
Roxzone (moving) 53% 65%
Runs (8 km) 62% 68%

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

Darren · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men1:15:24
3:264:244:552:335:093:305:155:215:204:275:242:125:194:434:294:154:50
Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:20:25
5:544:323:483:204:165:114:204:304:284:484:162:004:164:324:576:188:59
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.Darren · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men: 39:17 running, 31:25 at the stations and 4:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:21).Below, Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 36:16 running, 35:10 at the stations and 8:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:18).

See the numbers
Part Darren · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:26 5:54
SkiErg 4:24 4:32
Run 2 4:55 3:48
Sled push 2:33 3:20
Run 3 5:09 4:16
Sled pull 3:30 5:11
Run 4 5:15 4:20
Burpee broad jump 5:21 4:30
Run 5 5:20 4:28
Row 4:27 4:48
Run 6 5:24 4:16
Farmers carry 2:12 2:00
Run 7 5:19 4:16
Sandbag lunges 4:43 4:32
Run 8 4:29 4:57
Wall balls 4:15 6:18
Roxzone 4:50 8:59
Finish 1:15:24 1:20:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Darren Michael Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:20:55 1:20:55 level
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