Michael vs Matthew

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael McKnight

1:01:49 best Open Men time · Las Vegas 2025
4th of 1,152 place in that race · 1,152 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Pro Men · 13 results

Matthew Zelaya

59:10 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
4th of 940 place in that race · 940 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Las Vegas 2025, Open Men · Matthew: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

50% SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MichaelMatthewedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Michael and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 84%).Matthew: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 84%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Matthew: faster than
Ski 98% 98%
Push 91% 84%
Pull 99% 97%
BBJ 84% 99%
Row 99% 92%
Carry 90% 96%
Lunges 94% 98%
Wall balls 96% 99%
Roxzone 99% 99%
Runs 99% 99%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Matthew
SkiErg 98% 98%
Sled push 91% 84%
Sled pull 99% 97%
Burpee broad jump 84% 99%
Row 99% 92%
Farmers carry 90% 96%
Sandbag lunges 94% 98%
Wall balls 96% 99%
Roxzone (moving) 99% 99%
Runs (8 km) 99% 99%

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

Michael · Las Vegas 2025 · Open Men1:01:49
4:184:043:362:263:432:463:424:303:434:093:431:423:403:453:404:114:10
Matthew · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men59:10
4:344:023:272:263:403:243:392:493:424:233:421:293:443:143:223:194:22
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.Michael · Las Vegas 2025 · Open Men: 30:06 running, 27:33 at the stations and 4:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:30).Below, Matthew · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 29:50 running, 25:05 at the stations and 4:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:23).

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Part Michael · Las Vegas 2025 · Open Men Matthew · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:18 4:34
SkiErg 4:04 4:02
Run 2 3:36 3:27
Sled push 2:26 2:26
Run 3 3:43 3:40
Sled pull 2:46 3:24
Run 4 3:42 3:39
Burpee broad jump 4:30 2:49
Run 5 3:43 3:42
Row 4:09 4:23
Run 6 3:43 3:42
Farmers carry 1:42 1:29
Run 7 3:40 3:44
Sandbag lunges 3:45 3:14
Run 8 3:40 3:22
Wall balls 4:11 3:19
Roxzone 4:10 4:22
Finish 1:01:49 59:10

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Matthew Gap
Las Vegas 2025 Open Men · 1 Feb 2025 1:01:49 1:02:10 0:21 · Michael faster
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