Michael vs Zain

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Powers

1:27:12 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
782nd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
PAK PAK · Open Men · 2 results

Zain Aman

1:27:15 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
784th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Houston 2026, Open Men · Zain: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Zain sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 9%).Zain: strongest on Lunges (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 13%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Zain: faster than
Ski 34% 47%
Push 74% 69%
Pull 9% 79%
BBJ 74% 62%
Row 55% 22%
Carry 77% 57%
Lunges 61% 85%
Wall balls 40% 13%
Roxzone 87% 71%
Runs 70% 75%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Zain
SkiErg 34% 47%
Sled push 74% 69%
Sled pull 9% 79%
Burpee broad jump 74% 62%
Row 55% 22%
Farmers carry 77% 57%
Sandbag lunges 61% 85%
Wall balls 40% 13%
Roxzone (moving) 87% 71%
Runs (8 km) 70% 75%

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 · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:27:12
5:434:504:402:484:548:194:494:515:094:574:471:574:475:135:098:295:57
Zain · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:27:15
5:354:424:292:525:024:464:565:215:045:274:142:114:194:165:1212:007:00
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 · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 39:58 running, 41:24 at the stations and 5:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:29).Below, Zain · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 38:50 running, 41:35 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:00).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men Zain · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:43 5:35
SkiErg 4:50 4:42
Run 2 4:40 4:29
Sled push 2:48 2:52
Run 3 4:54 5:02
Sled pull 8:19 4:46
Run 4 4:49 4:56
Burpee broad jump 4:51 5:21
Run 5 5:09 5:04
Row 4:57 5:27
Run 6 4:47 4:14
Farmers carry 1:57 2:11
Run 7 4:47 4:19
Sandbag lunges 5:13 4:16
Run 8 5:09 5:12
Wall balls 8:29 12:00
Roxzone 5:57 7:00
Finish 1:27:12 1:27:15

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Zain Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:27:12 1:27:15 0:03 · Michael faster
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