Michael vs Mike
ITA · Open Men · 2 results Michael Messner
IRL · Open Men · 7 results Mike Boyle
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Rome 2026, Open Men · Mike: Rome 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Mike 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 95% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 80%).Mike: strongest on Lunges (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 67%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Mike: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 84% | 67% |
| Push | 95% | 82% |
| Pull | 93% | 93% |
| BBJ | 85% | 88% |
| Row | 89% | 85% |
| Carry | 95% | 84% |
| Lunges | 91% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 94% | 86% |
| Roxzone | 82% | 82% |
| Runs | 80% | 84% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Mike |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 84% | 67% |
| Sled push | 95% | 82% |
| Sled pull | 93% | 93% |
| Burpee broad jump | 85% | 88% |
| Row | 89% | 85% |
| Farmers carry | 95% | 84% |
| Sandbag lunges | 91% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 94% | 86% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 82% | 82% |
| Runs (8 km) | 80% | 84% |
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 · Rome 2026 · Open Men: 34:39 running, 28:50 at the stations and 5:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:34).Below, Mike · Rome 2026 · Open Men: 33:59 running, 29:35 at the stations and 5:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:03).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Rome 2026 · Open Men | Mike · Rome 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:16 | 5:41 |
| SkiErg | 4:15 | 4:24 |
| Run 2 | 3:51 | 3:48 |
| Sled push | 2:27 | 2:49 |
| Run 3 | 4:07 | 4:06 |
| Sled pull | 3:32 | 3:32 |
| Run 4 | 4:02 | 3:58 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:05 | 3:58 |
| Run 5 | 4:20 | 3:55 |
| Row | 4:34 | 4:37 |
| Run 6 | 4:13 | 3:53 |
| Farmers carry | 1:33 | 1:46 |
| Run 7 | 4:06 | 3:58 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:54 | 3:25 |
| Run 8 | 4:44 | 4:40 |
| Wall balls | 4:30 | 5:03 |
| Roxzone | 5:39 | 5:39 |
| Finish | 1:09:01 | 1:09:05 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Mike | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome 2026 Open Men · 23 Sep 2026 | 1:09:01 | 1:09:05 | 0:04 · Michael faster |
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