Michael vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Frost

2:22:30 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
2715th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

James Furlong

1:59:28 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
5343rd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · James: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 6% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 0%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 23% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 3%).

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Part Michael: faster than James: faster than
Ski 3% 5%
Push 5% 7%
Pull 0% 4%
BBJ 1% 13%
Row 5% 4%
Carry 6% 23%
Lunges 2% 3%
Wall balls 1% 3%
Roxzone 5% 5%
Runs 1% 6%

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

Part by part

Part Michael James
SkiErg 3% 5%
Sled push 5% 7%
Sled pull 0% 4%
Burpee broad jump 1% 13%
Row 5% 4%
Farmers carry 6% 23%
Sandbag lunges 2% 3%
Wall balls 1% 3%
Roxzone (moving) 5% 5%
Runs (8 km) 1% 6%

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

Michael · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men2:22:30
6:045:096:524:088:1510:247:4113:528:095:377:493:117:5810:089:3915:4911:54
James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:59:28
4:185:315:063:575:117:475:248:035:295:535:112:285:259:527:5715:1516:49
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.Michael · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 1:02:28 running, 1:08:18 at the stations and 11:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:49).Below, James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 44:01 running, 58:46 at the stations and 16:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:15).

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Part Michael · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men James · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 6:04 4:18
SkiErg 5:09 5:31
Run 2 6:52 5:06
Sled push 4:08 3:57
Run 3 8:15 5:11
Sled pull 10:24 7:47
Run 4 7:41 5:24
Burpee broad jump 13:52 8:03
Run 5 8:09 5:29
Row 5:37 5:53
Run 6 7:49 5:11
Farmers carry 3:11 2:28
Run 7 7:58 5:25
Sandbag lunges 10:08 9:52
Run 8 9:39 7:57
Wall balls 15:49 15:15
Roxzone 11:54 16:49
Finish 2:22:30 1:59:28

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael James Gap
London 2025 Open Men · 3 May 2025 2:26:10 2:23:38 2:32 · James faster
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