Michael vs Ian
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Michael Difford
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Ian Davies
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Ian: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Ian 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 75% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).Ian: strongest on Carry (faster than 15% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 2%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Ian: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 2% | 6% |
| Push | 3% | 2% |
| Pull | 7% | 2% |
| BBJ | 3% | 4% |
| Row | 8% | 3% |
| Carry | 75% | 15% |
| Lunges | 5% | 4% |
| Wall balls | 6% | 3% |
| Roxzone | 1% | 5% |
| Runs | 4% | 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 | Ian |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 2% | 6% |
| Sled push | 3% | 2% |
| Sled pull | 7% | 2% |
| Burpee broad jump | 3% | 4% |
| Row | 8% | 3% |
| Farmers carry | 75% | 15% |
| Sandbag lunges | 5% | 4% |
| Wall balls | 6% | 3% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 1% | 5% |
| Runs (8 km) | 4% | 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
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 2025 · Open Men: 57:20 running, 58:47 at the stations and 12:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:13).Below, Ian · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 53:43 running, 1:03:53 at the stations and 10:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:16).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Ian · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:13 | 6:44 |
| SkiErg | 5:23 | 5:07 |
| Run 2 | 6:11 | 5:45 |
| Sled push | 5:55 | 6:29 |
| Run 3 | 6:50 | 6:58 |
| Sled pull | 7:31 | 8:52 |
| Run 4 | 7:05 | 6:43 |
| Burpee broad jump | 10:33 | 10:09 |
| Run 5 | 7:09 | 6:57 |
| Row | 5:32 | 5:55 |
| Run 6 | 6:46 | 6:02 |
| Farmers carry | 1:51 | 2:51 |
| Run 7 | 7:22 | 6:33 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:49 | 9:13 |
| Run 8 | 8:44 | 8:01 |
| Wall balls | 13:13 | 15:16 |
| Roxzone | 12:43 | 10:51 |
| Finish | 2:08:41 | 2:08:18 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Ian | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 2:08:41 | 2:08:18 | 0:23 · Ian faster |
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