Chris vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Chris Gregory

1:30:33 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1638th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
PHI PHI · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Nelson

1:31:45 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1848th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Chris: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Michael: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Chris and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chris: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 50% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 45% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 11%).

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Part Chris: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 11% 30%
Push 21% 26%
Pull 17% 32%
BBJ 23% 25%
Row 11% 11%
Carry 42% 23%
Lunges 9% 45%
Wall balls 42% 20%
Roxzone 50% 38%
Runs 49% 40%

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

Part by part

Part Chris Michael
SkiErg 11% 30%
Sled push 21% 26%
Sled pull 17% 32%
Burpee broad jump 23% 25%
Row 11% 11%
Farmers carry 42% 23%
Sandbag lunges 9% 45%
Wall balls 42% 20%
Roxzone (moving) 50% 38%
Runs (8 km) 49% 40%

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

Chris · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:30:33
3:464:495:133:115:285:395:256:575:295:215:342:175:438:034:497:315:26
Michael · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:31:45
5:294:454:583:345:204:535:227:165:565:295:323:174:445:106:129:254:26
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.Chris · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 41:28 running, 43:48 at the stations and 5:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:03).Below, Michael · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 43:32 running, 43:49 at the stations and 4:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:25).

See the numbers
Part Chris · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Michael · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:46 5:29
SkiErg 4:49 4:45
Run 2 5:13 4:58
Sled push 3:11 3:34
Run 3 5:28 5:20
Sled pull 5:39 4:53
Run 4 5:25 5:22
Burpee broad jump 6:57 7:16
Run 5 5:29 5:56
Row 5:21 5:29
Run 6 5:34 5:32
Farmers carry 2:17 3:17
Run 7 5:43 4:44
Sandbag lunges 8:03 5:10
Run 8 4:49 6:12
Wall balls 7:31 9:25
Roxzone 5:26 4:26
Finish 1:30:33 1:31:45

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Chris Michael Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:31:44 1:31:45 0:01 · Chris faster
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