Michael vs Saul
USA · Open Men · 2 results Michael Blakeley
USA · Open Men · 1 result Saul Bailey
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men · Saul: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Saul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 27%).Saul: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 30%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Saul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 27% | 30% |
| Push | 58% | 64% |
| Pull | 35% | 89% |
| BBJ | 74% | 54% |
| Row | 41% | 59% |
| Carry | 38% | 62% |
| Lunges | 41% | 45% |
| Wall balls | 76% | 95% |
| Roxzone | 75% | 61% |
| Runs | 55% | 45% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Saul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 27% | 30% |
| Sled push | 58% | 64% |
| Sled pull | 35% | 89% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 54% |
| Row | 41% | 59% |
| Farmers carry | 38% | 62% |
| Sandbag lunges | 41% | 45% |
| Wall balls | 76% | 95% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 75% | 61% |
| Runs (8 km) | 55% | 45% |
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 · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 43:16 running, 38:13 at the stations and 8:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:20).Below, Saul · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 45:26 running, 35:10 at the stations and 9:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:55).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men | Saul · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:41 | 3:43 |
| SkiErg | 4:57 | 4:55 |
| Run 2 | 5:35 | 5:51 |
| Sled push | 2:55 | 2:47 |
| Run 3 | 5:59 | 5:54 |
| Sled pull | 5:28 | 3:51 |
| Run 4 | 5:43 | 6:11 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:07 | 5:55 |
| Run 5 | 5:56 | 6:14 |
| Row | 5:11 | 4:58 |
| Run 6 | 5:43 | 5:42 |
| Farmers carry | 2:16 | 2:01 |
| Run 7 | 5:26 | 5:48 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:59 | 5:48 |
| Run 8 | 5:14 | 6:03 |
| Wall balls | 6:20 | 4:54 |
| Roxzone | 8:16 | 9:15 |
| Finish | 1:29:40 | 1:29:42 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Saul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City 2026 Open Men · 18 Sep 2026 | 1:29:40 | 1:29:42 | 0:02 · Michael faster |
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