Scott vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Scott Neckers

1:32:36 best Open Men time · Chicago Navy Pier 2024
498th of 814 place in that race · 814 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 5 results

Michael Cates

1:26:25 best Open Men time · Atlanta 2025
305th of 789 place in that race · 789 Open Men finishers

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

Scott: Chicago Navy Pier 2024, Open Men · Michael: Atlanta 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Scott and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Scott: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 17%).Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 26%).

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Part Scott: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 38% 59%
Push 62% 29%
Pull 50% 55%
BBJ 28% 66%
Row 17% 36%
Carry 21% 26%
Lunges 69% 99%
Wall balls 75% 56%
Roxzone 34% 40%
Runs 33% 56%

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

Part by part

Part Scott Michael
SkiErg 38% 59%
Sled push 62% 29%
Sled pull 50% 55%
Burpee broad jump 28% 66%
Row 17% 36%
Farmers carry 21% 26%
Sandbag lunges 69% 99%
Wall balls 75% 56%
Roxzone (moving) 34% 40%
Runs (8 km) 33% 56%

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

Scott · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Men1:32:36
3:464:355:282:436:184:546:256:586:265:206:042:346:064:436:425:148:29
Michael · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men1:26:25
4:414:445:103:285:225:165:175:005:165:095:102:265:112:255:296:459:44
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.Scott · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Men: 47:16 running, 37:01 at the stations and 8:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:58).Below, Michael · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 41:36 running, 35:13 at the stations and 9:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:45) and the shortest the sandbag lunges (2:25).

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Part Scott · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Men Michael · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:46 4:41
SkiErg 4:35 4:44
Run 2 5:28 5:10
Sled push 2:43 3:28
Run 3 6:18 5:22
Sled pull 4:54 5:16
Run 4 6:25 5:17
Burpee broad jump 6:58 5:00
Run 5 6:26 5:16
Row 5:20 5:09
Run 6 6:04 5:10
Farmers carry 2:34 2:26
Run 7 6:06 5:11
Sandbag lunges 4:43 2:25
Run 8 6:42 5:29
Wall balls 5:14 6:45
Roxzone 8:29 9:44
Finish 1:32:36 1:26:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Scott Michael Gap
Chicago Navy Pier 2024 Open Men · 16 Nov 2024 1:32:36 1:32:31 0:05 · Michael faster
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