Nate vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Nate Flecken

1:41:19 best Open Men time · Phoenix 2026
1132nd of 1,563 place in that race · 1,563 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Smith

1:13:36 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
141st of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers

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

Nate: Phoenix 2026, Open Men · Michael: Chicago 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nate and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nate: strongest on Push (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 4%).Michael: strongest on Runs (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 29%).

See the numbers
Part Nate: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 4% 83%
Push 74% 29%
Pull 70% 84%
BBJ 42% 74%
Row 32% 93%
Carry 65% 74%
Lunges 42% 62%
Wall balls 31% 79%
Roxzone 18% 88%
Runs 20% 96%

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

Part by part

Part Nate Michael
SkiErg 4% 83%
Sled push 74% 29%
Sled pull 70% 84%
Burpee broad jump 42% 74%
Row 32% 93%
Farmers carry 65% 74%
Sandbag lunges 42% 62%
Wall balls 31% 79%
Roxzone (moving) 18% 88%
Runs (8 km) 20% 96%

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

Nate · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men1:41:19
5:305:246:052:356:234:056:236:046:535:126:081:566:435:438:238:099:51
Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men1:13:36
3:084:134:152:574:254:124:245:114:354:254:391:534:344:585:065:494:58
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.Nate · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 52:27 running, 39:08 at the stations and 9:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:09).Below, Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 35:06 running, 33:38 at the stations and 4:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:49).

See the numbers
Part Nate · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:30 3:08
SkiErg 5:24 4:13
Run 2 6:05 4:15
Sled push 2:35 2:57
Run 3 6:23 4:25
Sled pull 4:05 4:12
Run 4 6:23 4:24
Burpee broad jump 6:04 5:11
Run 5 6:53 4:35
Row 5:12 4:25
Run 6 6:08 4:39
Farmers carry 1:56 1:53
Run 7 6:43 4:34
Sandbag lunges 5:43 4:58
Run 8 8:23 5:06
Wall balls 8:09 5:49
Roxzone 9:51 4:58
Finish 1:41:19 1:13:36

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nate Michael Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:52:33 1:52:32 0:01 · Michael faster
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