Michael vs Joel
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Michael Reed
GBR · Open Men · 8 results Joel Poole
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Joel: Katowice 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Joel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 23%).Joel: strongest on Pull (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 58%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Joel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 57% | 61% |
| Push | 23% | 81% |
| Pull | 72% | 92% |
| BBJ | 94% | 68% |
| Row | 55% | 79% |
| Carry | 39% | 67% |
| Lunges | 99% | 58% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 83% |
| Roxzone | 69% | 92% |
| Runs | 85% | 87% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Joel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 57% | 61% |
| Sled push | 23% | 81% |
| Sled pull | 72% | 92% |
| Burpee broad jump | 94% | 68% |
| Row | 55% | 79% |
| Farmers carry | 39% | 67% |
| Sandbag lunges | 99% | 58% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 83% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 69% | 92% |
| Runs (8 km) | 85% | 87% |
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.Michael · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 35:01 running, 32:25 at the stations and 4:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:09).Below, Joel · Katowice 2026 · Open Men: 36:25 running, 30:38 at the stations and 3:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (4:53).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | Joel · Katowice 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:24 | 4:48 |
| SkiErg | 4:30 | 4:27 |
| Run 2 | 4:03 | 4:10 |
| Sled push | 3:25 | 2:09 |
| Run 3 | 4:18 | 4:28 |
| Sled pull | 4:14 | 3:16 |
| Run 4 | 4:28 | 4:27 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:00 | 4:47 |
| Run 5 | 4:13 | 4:31 |
| Row | 4:45 | 4:24 |
| Run 6 | 4:19 | 4:30 |
| Farmers carry | 2:15 | 1:52 |
| Run 7 | 4:14 | 4:24 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:07 | 4:53 |
| Run 8 | 5:01 | 5:06 |
| Wall balls | 6:09 | 4:50 |
| Roxzone | 4:16 | 3:10 |
| Finish | 1:11:41 | 1:10:05 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Joel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 | 1:11:41 | 1:11:43 | 0:02 · Michael faster |
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