Alex vs Michael
USA · Open Men · 5 results Alex Gamber
USA · Open Men · 3 results Michael Heffernan
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Alex: Boston 2026, Open Men · Michael: Ottawa 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 Wall balls (faster than 50% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 2%).Michael: strongest on Ski (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 12% | 55% |
| Push | 2% | 49% |
| Pull | 24% | 37% |
| BBJ | 33% | 21% |
| Row | 34% | 36% |
| Carry | 49% | 10% |
| Lunges | 42% | 43% |
| Wall balls | 50% | 45% |
| Roxzone | 30% | 34% |
| Runs | 40% | 30% |
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 | 12% | 55% |
| Sled push | 2% | 49% |
| Sled pull | 24% | 37% |
| Burpee broad jump | 33% | 21% |
| Row | 34% | 36% |
| Farmers carry | 49% | 10% |
| Sandbag lunges | 42% | 43% |
| Wall balls | 50% | 45% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 30% | 34% |
| Runs (8 km) | 40% | 30% |
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 · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 46:23 running, 46:40 at the stations and 8:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled push (7:29).Below, Michael · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men: 49:54 running, 43:05 at the stations and 7:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:55).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex · Boston 2026 · Open Men | Michael · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:22 | 5:19 |
| SkiErg | 5:09 | 4:32 |
| Run 2 | 5:28 | 5:39 |
| Sled push | 7:29 | 3:14 |
| Run 3 | 5:32 | 6:07 |
| Sled pull | 6:16 | 5:38 |
| Run 4 | 5:59 | 6:20 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:58 | 7:41 |
| Run 5 | 6:13 | 6:40 |
| Row | 5:11 | 5:01 |
| Run 6 | 6:00 | 6:20 |
| Farmers carry | 2:16 | 3:09 |
| Run 7 | 5:53 | 6:15 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:52 | 5:56 |
| Run 8 | 6:56 | 7:14 |
| Wall balls | 7:28 | 7:55 |
| Roxzone | 8:55 | 7:36 |
| Finish | 1:41:47 | 1:40:29 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Alex | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 | 1:41:47 | 1:41:50 | 0:03 · Alex faster |
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