James vs Michael

IRL IRL · Open Men · 4 results

James Sharpe

1:02:07 best Open Men time · Bologna 2026
19th of 1,805 place in that race · 1,805 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 10 results

Michael Clark

1:02:51 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
70th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

James: Bologna 2026, Open Men · Michael: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where James and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 86%).Michael: strongest on Runs (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 61%).

See the numbers
Part James: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 97% 93%
Push 99% 61%
Pull 99% 82%
BBJ 86% 90%
Row 98% 95%
Carry 99% 97%
Lunges 97% 98%
Wall balls 97% 97%
Roxzone 96% 95%
Runs 97% 98%

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

Part by part

Part James Michael
SkiErg 97% 93%
Sled push 99% 61%
Sled pull 99% 82%
Burpee broad jump 86% 90%
Row 98% 95%
Farmers carry 99% 97%
Sandbag lunges 97% 98%
Wall balls 97% 97%
Roxzone (moving) 96% 95%
Runs (8 km) 97% 98%

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

James · Bologna 2026 · Open Men1:02:07
3:444:053:451:593:592:593:543:513:544:123:491:233:553:254:144:095:00
Michael · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:02:51
4:024:113:462:553:583:373:494:034:024:204:121:533:453:084:334:022:38
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.James · Bologna 2026 · Open Men: 31:14 running, 26:02 at the stations and 5:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:12).Below, Michael · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 32:07 running, 28:08 at the stations and 2:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:20).

See the numbers
Part James · Bologna 2026 · Open Men Michael · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:44 4:02
SkiErg 4:05 4:11
Run 2 3:45 3:46
Sled push 1:59 2:55
Run 3 3:59 3:58
Sled pull 2:59 3:37
Run 4 3:54 3:49
Burpee broad jump 3:51 4:03
Run 5 3:54 4:02
Row 4:12 4:20
Run 6 3:49 4:12
Farmers carry 1:23 1:53
Run 7 3:55 3:45
Sandbag lunges 3:25 3:08
Run 8 4:14 4:33
Wall balls 4:09 4:02
Roxzone 5:00 2:38
Finish 1:02:07 1:02:51

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race James Michael Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:02:48 1:02:51 0:03 · James faster
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