John vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

John McGuinness

1:34:40 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2024
1912th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 5 results

Michael Allmark

1:13:14 best Open Men time · Brisbane 2025
241st of 1,368 place in that race · 1,368 Open Men finishers

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

John: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Michael: Brisbane 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJ
no split
RowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
JohnMichaeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where John and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.John: strongest on Carry (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 3%).Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 66%).

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Part John: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 12% 83%
Push 17% 73%
Pull 19% 85%
BBJ no split 92%
Row 17% 75%
Carry 73% 90%
Lunges 26% 74%
Wall balls 4% 92%
Roxzone 3% 81%
Runs 54% 66%

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

Part by part

Part John Michael
SkiErg 12% 83%
Sled push 17% 73%
Sled pull 19% 85%
Burpee broad jump — 92%
Row 17% 75%
Farmers carry 73% 90%
Sandbag lunges 26% 74%
Wall balls 4% 92%
Roxzone (moving) 3% 81%
Runs (8 km) 54% 66%

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

John · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men1:34:40
2:454:444:432:515:076:065:205:165:135:371:545:276:237:0110:3415:45
Michael · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men1:13:14
2:364:054:302:175:123:405:213:475:154:295:051:435:124:265:284:195:56
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.John · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 41:17 running, 37:45 at the stations and 15:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:34).Below, Michael · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men: 38:39 running, 28:46 at the stations and 5:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:29).

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Part John · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men Michael · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 2:45 2:36
SkiErg 4:44 4:05
Run 2 4:43 4:30
Sled push 2:51 2:17
Run 3 5:07 5:12
Sled pull 6:06 3:40
Run 4 5:20 5:21
Burpee broad jump — 3:47
Run 5 5:16 5:15
Row 5:13 4:29
Run 6 5:37 5:05
Farmers carry 1:54 1:43
Run 7 5:27 5:12
Sandbag lunges 6:23 4:26
Run 8 7:01 5:28
Wall balls 10:34 4:19
Roxzone 15:45 5:56
Finish 1:34:40 1:13:14

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race John Michael Gap
Melbourne 2024 Open Men · 28 Jun 2024 1:34:40 1:34:42 0:02 · John faster
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