Dave vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Dave Bishop

1:53:33 best Open Men time · Manchester 2024
1140th of 1,206 place in that race · 1,206 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Palmer

1:31:09 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2540th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Dave: Manchester 2024, Open Men · Michael: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Dave and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Dave: strongest on Ski (faster than 31% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).Michael: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 56% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 16%).

See the numbers
Part Dave: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 31% 19%
Push 19% 16%
Pull 14% 31%
BBJ 21% 49%
Row 13% 31%
Carry 11% 34%
Lunges 1% 24%
Wall balls 7% 17%
Roxzone 3% 56%
Runs 8% 49%

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

Part by part

Part Dave Michael
SkiErg 31% 19%
Sled push 19% 16%
Sled pull 14% 31%
Burpee broad jump 21% 49%
Row 13% 31%
Farmers carry 11% 34%
Sandbag lunges 1% 24%
Wall balls 7% 17%
Roxzone (moving) 3% 56%
Runs (8 km) 8% 49%

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

Dave · Manchester 2024 · Open Men1:53:33
4:144:265:552:586:595:386:426:356:575:057:122:426:4311:418:5710:2310:35
Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:31:09
5:344:484:414:244:555:395:005:395:005:014:542:254:506:235:1610:246:22
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.Dave · Manchester 2024 · Open Men: 53:39 running, 49:27 at the stations and 10:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (11:41).Below, Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 40:10 running, 44:43 at the stations and 6:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:24).

See the numbers
Part Dave · Manchester 2024 · Open Men Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:14 5:34
SkiErg 4:26 4:48
Run 2 5:55 4:41
Sled push 2:58 4:24
Run 3 6:59 4:55
Sled pull 5:38 5:39
Run 4 6:42 5:00
Burpee broad jump 6:35 5:39
Run 5 6:57 5:00
Row 5:05 5:01
Run 6 7:12 4:54
Farmers carry 2:42 2:25
Run 7 6:43 4:50
Sandbag lunges 11:41 6:23
Run 8 8:57 5:16
Wall balls 10:23 10:24
Roxzone 10:35 6:22
Finish 1:53:33 1:31:09

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Dave Michael Gap
Manchester 2024 Open Men · 9 Nov 2024 1:53:33 1:53:45 0:12 · Dave faster
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