Rhys vs Michael

NZL NZL · Open Men · 1 result

Rhys Owen

2:07:44 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
1080th of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Palmer

2:07:57 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
1081st of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers

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

Rhys: Auckland 2026, Open Men · Michael: Auckland 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Rhys and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Rhys: strongest on Ski (faster than 24% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 2%).Michael: strongest on Runs (faster than 13% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 2%).

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Part Rhys: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 24% 4%
Push 22% 4%
Pull 2% 4%
BBJ 5% 2%
Row 4% 5%
Carry 17% 3%
Lunges 8% 10%
Wall balls 9% 3%
Roxzone 14% 11%
Runs 6% 13%

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

Part by part

Part Rhys Michael
SkiErg 24% 4%
Sled push 22% 4%
Sled pull 2% 4%
Burpee broad jump 5% 2%
Row 4% 5%
Farmers carry 17% 3%
Sandbag lunges 8% 10%
Wall balls 9% 3%
Roxzone (moving) 14% 11%
Runs (8 km) 6% 13%

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

Rhys · Auckland 2026 · Open Men2:07:44
6:214:385:584:036:418:477:2210:088:205:538:102:308:389:0611:1811:308:30
Michael · Auckland 2026 · Open Men2:07:57
6:125:056:135:327:148:067:2411:317:175:487:013:087:088:398:5014:138:44
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.Rhys · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 1:02:48 running, 56:34 at the stations and 8:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:30).Below, Michael · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 57:19 running, 1:02:02 at the stations and 8:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:13).

See the numbers
Part Rhys · Auckland 2026 · Open Men Michael · Auckland 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:21 6:12
SkiErg 4:38 5:05
Run 2 5:58 6:13
Sled push 4:03 5:32
Run 3 6:41 7:14
Sled pull 8:47 8:06
Run 4 7:22 7:24
Burpee broad jump 10:08 11:31
Run 5 8:20 7:17
Row 5:53 5:48
Run 6 8:10 7:01
Farmers carry 2:30 3:08
Run 7 8:38 7:08
Sandbag lunges 9:06 8:39
Run 8 11:18 8:50
Wall balls 11:30 14:13
Roxzone 8:30 8:44
Finish 2:07:44 2:07:57

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Rhys Michael Gap
Auckland 2026 Open Men · 29 Jan 2026 2:07:44 2:07:57 0:13 · Rhys faster
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