Stephen vs Michael
USA · Open Men · 1 result Stephen Taylor
USA · Open Men · 6 results Michael Gordon
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Stephen: Houston 2026, Open Men · Michael: Dallas 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Stephen and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stephen: strongest on Push (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 45%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 34%).
See the numbers
| Part | Stephen: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 62% | 52% |
| Push | 93% | 50% |
| Pull | 81% | 41% |
| BBJ | 66% | 87% |
| Row | 64% | 42% |
| Carry | 65% | 76% |
| Lunges | 86% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 76% | 34% |
| Roxzone | 61% | 72% |
| Runs | 45% | 76% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Stephen | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 62% | 52% |
| Sled push | 93% | 50% |
| Sled pull | 81% | 41% |
| Burpee broad jump | 66% | 87% |
| Row | 64% | 42% |
| Farmers carry | 65% | 76% |
| Sandbag lunges | 86% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 76% | 34% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 61% | 72% |
| Runs (8 km) | 45% | 76% |
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.Stephen · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 45:27 running, 34:12 at the stations and 7:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:10).Below, Michael · Dallas 2025 · Open Men: 40:08 running, 37:16 at the stations and 5:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:31).
See the numbers
| Part | Stephen · Houston 2026 · Open Men | Michael · Dallas 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:40 | 5:18 |
| SkiErg | 4:34 | 4:26 |
| Run 2 | 5:09 | 4:58 |
| Sled push | 2:22 | 2:56 |
| Run 3 | 5:33 | 5:07 |
| Sled pull | 4:44 | 5:24 |
| Run 4 | 5:36 | 5:07 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:12 | 4:04 |
| Run 5 | 5:48 | 5:07 |
| Row | 4:51 | 5:19 |
| Run 6 | 5:47 | 5:00 |
| Farmers carry | 2:05 | 1:49 |
| Run 7 | 5:47 | 4:45 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:14 | 4:47 |
| Run 8 | 6:07 | 4:45 |
| Wall balls | 6:10 | 8:31 |
| Roxzone | 7:36 | 5:13 |
| Finish | 1:27:08 | 1:22:27 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Stephen | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 | 1:27:08 | 1:27:01 | 0:07 · Michael faster |
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