Michael vs James

NZL NZL · Open Men · 10 results

Michael Gilbert

1:22:01 best Open Men time · Hong Kong 2024
264th of 1,011 place in that race · 1,011 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

James Elliott

1:36:06 best Open Men time · Perth 2026
777th of 1,089 place in that race · 1,089 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Hong Kong 2024, Open Men · James: Perth 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 40%).James: strongest on Row (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 20%).

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Part Michael: faster than James: faster than
Ski 65% 31%
Push 62% 30%
Pull 64% 23%
BBJ 44% 47%
Row 40% 58%
Carry 86% 49%
Lunges 46% 47%
Wall balls 51% 41%
Roxzone 79% 24%
Runs 83% 20%

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

Part by part

Part Michael James
SkiErg 65% 31%
Sled push 62% 30%
Sled pull 64% 23%
Burpee broad jump 44% 47%
Row 40% 58%
Farmers carry 86% 49%
Sandbag lunges 46% 47%
Wall balls 51% 41%
Roxzone (moving) 79% 24%
Runs (8 km) 83% 20%

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 · Hong Kong 2024 · Open Men1:22:01
4:524:264:292:324:424:584:466:114:485:054:431:484:495:365:067:365:40
James · Perth 2026 · Open Men1:36:06
4:274:356:203:196:315:336:375:326:434:456:432:456:085:396:107:256:58
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 · Hong Kong 2024 · Open Men: 38:16 running, 38:11 at the stations and 5:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:36).Below, James · Perth 2026 · Open Men: 49:40 running, 39:33 at the stations and 6:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:25).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Hong Kong 2024 · Open Men James · Perth 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:52 4:27
SkiErg 4:26 4:35
Run 2 4:29 6:20
Sled push 2:32 3:19
Run 3 4:42 6:31
Sled pull 4:58 5:33
Run 4 4:46 6:37
Burpee broad jump 6:11 5:32
Run 5 4:48 6:43
Row 5:05 4:45
Run 6 4:43 6:43
Farmers carry 1:48 2:45
Run 7 4:49 6:08
Sandbag lunges 5:36 5:39
Run 8 5:06 6:10
Wall balls 7:36 7:25
Roxzone 5:40 6:58
Finish 1:22:01 1:36:06

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Michael James Gap
Perth 2026 Open Men · 21 Aug 2026 1:36:05 1:36:06 0:01 · Michael faster
Perth 2024 Open Men · 14 Sep 2024 1:30:08 1:40:12 10:04 · Michael faster
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