Alex vs Michael
Alex Rios
Michael Lam
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Alex: Houston 2025, Open Men · Michael: Houston 2026, Open Men
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%).
See the numbers
| 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
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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