Michael vs Dean

NZL NZL · Pro Men · 5 results

Michael Barnes

1:31:23 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
609th of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 1 result

Dean Hughes

1:31:21 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
607th of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Auckland 2026, Open Men · Dean: Auckland 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Dean 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 80% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 27%).Dean: strongest on Ski (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 14%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Dean: faster than
Ski 45% 95%
Push 41% 83%
Pull 47% 70%
BBJ 47% 80%
Row 80% 64%
Carry 27% 46%
Lunges 72% 43%
Wall balls 42% 14%
Roxzone 28% 37%
Runs 46% 46%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Dean
SkiErg 45% 95%
Sled push 41% 83%
Sled pull 47% 70%
Burpee broad jump 47% 80%
Row 80% 64%
Farmers carry 27% 46%
Sandbag lunges 72% 43%
Wall balls 42% 14%
Roxzone (moving) 28% 37%
Runs (8 km) 46% 46%

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 · Auckland 2026 · Open Men1:31:23
5:354:265:013:335:145:105:346:025:214:385:252:176:144:517:287:297:13
Dean · Auckland 2026 · Open Men1:31:21
5:164:004:512:455:164:275:144:416:414:485:552:045:506:016:4510:176:38
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.Michael · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 45:52 running, 38:25 at the stations and 7:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:29).Below, Dean · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 45:48 running, 39:03 at the stations and 6:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:17).

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Part Michael · Auckland 2026 · Open Men Dean · Auckland 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:35 5:16
SkiErg 4:26 4:00
Run 2 5:01 4:51
Sled push 3:33 2:45
Run 3 5:14 5:16
Sled pull 5:10 4:27
Run 4 5:34 5:14
Burpee broad jump 6:02 4:41
Run 5 5:21 6:41
Row 4:38 4:48
Run 6 5:25 5:55
Farmers carry 2:17 2:04
Run 7 6:14 5:50
Sandbag lunges 4:51 6:01
Run 8 7:28 6:45
Wall balls 7:29 10:17
Roxzone 7:13 6:38
Finish 1:31:23 1:31:21

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Dean Gap
Auckland 2026 Open Men · 29 Jan 2026 1:31:23 1:31:21 0:02 · Dean faster
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