Alex vs Michael

PUR PUR · Open Men · 2 results

Alex Rios

1:28:47 best Open Men time · Houston 2025
454th of 1,006 place in that race · 1,006 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Lam

1:47:07 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1631st of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Alex: Houston 2025, Open Men · Michael: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Alex and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alex: strongest on Carry (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 32%).Michael: strongest on Row (faster than 41% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 9%).

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Part Alex: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 45% 29%
Push 42% 9%
Pull 45% 28%
BBJ 49% 17%
Row 50% 41%
Carry 80% 17%
Lunges 50% 13%
Wall balls 68% 30%
Roxzone 32% 40%
Runs 59% 33%

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

Part by part

Part Alex Michael
SkiErg 45% 29%
Sled push 42% 9%
Sled pull 45% 28%
Burpee broad jump 49% 17%
Row 50% 41%
Farmers carry 80% 17%
Sandbag lunges 50% 13%
Wall balls 68% 30%
Roxzone (moving) 32% 40%
Runs (8 km) 59% 33%

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

Alex · Houston 2025 · Open Men1:28:47
5:024:354:552:595:175:465:136:105:294:565:171:515:315:265:535:349:00
Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:47:07
4:454:545:134:525:486:346:338:057:065:075:572:576:037:526:579:289:04
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.Alex · Houston 2025 · Open Men: 42:37 running, 37:17 at the stations and 9:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:10).Below, Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 48:22 running, 49:50 at the stations and 9:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:28).

See the numbers
Part Alex · Houston 2025 · Open Men Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:02 4:45
SkiErg 4:35 4:54
Run 2 4:55 5:13
Sled push 2:59 4:52
Run 3 5:17 5:48
Sled pull 5:46 6:34
Run 4 5:13 6:33
Burpee broad jump 6:10 8:05
Run 5 5:29 7:06
Row 4:56 5:07
Run 6 5:17 5:57
Farmers carry 1:51 2:57
Run 7 5:31 6:03
Sandbag lunges 5:26 7:52
Run 8 5:53 6:57
Wall balls 5:34 9:28
Roxzone 9:00 9:04
Finish 1:28:47 1:47:07

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Alex Michael Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:47:08 1:47:07 0:01 · Michael faster
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