Stephen vs Michael
Stephen Smith
Michael le
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Stephen: Dallas 2025, Open Men · Michael: Atlanta 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 Carry (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 8%).Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 24%).
See the numbers
| Part | Stephen: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 27% | 63% |
| Push | 23% | 25% |
| Pull | 43% | 24% |
| BBJ | 17% | 58% |
| Row | 45% | 75% |
| Carry | 58% | 27% |
| Lunges | 37% | 54% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 79% |
| Roxzone | 50% | 40% |
| Runs | 41% | 63% |
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 | 27% | 63% |
| Sled push | 23% | 25% |
| Sled pull | 43% | 24% |
| Burpee broad jump | 17% | 58% |
| Row | 45% | 75% |
| Farmers carry | 58% | 27% |
| Sandbag lunges | 37% | 54% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 79% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 50% | 40% |
| Runs (8 km) | 41% | 63% |
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 · Dallas 2025 · Open Men: 46:46 running, 47:04 at the stations and 6:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:51).Below, Michael · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 40:05 running, 38:16 at the stations and 9:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:36).
See the numbers
| Part | Stephen · Dallas 2025 · Open Men | Michael · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:09 | 3:10 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 4:27 |
| Run 2 | 5:27 | 4:50 |
| Sled push | 3:30 | 3:34 |
| Run 3 | 5:30 | 4:57 |
| Sled pull | 5:19 | 6:36 |
| Run 4 | 5:38 | 4:37 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:40 | 5:28 |
| Run 5 | 5:50 | 4:51 |
| Row | 5:16 | 4:40 |
| Run 6 | 5:46 | 5:38 |
| Farmers carry | 2:00 | 2:36 |
| Run 7 | 5:52 | 5:56 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:47 | 5:32 |
| Run 8 | 6:34 | 6:06 |
| Wall balls | 12:51 | 5:23 |
| Roxzone | 6:27 | 9:24 |
| Finish | 1:40:08 | 1:27:45 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Stephen | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas 2025 Open Men · 21 Nov 2025 | 1:40:08 | 1:40:09 | 0:01 · Stephen faster |
| Anaheim 2024 Open Men · 7 Dec 2024 | 2:04:43 | 1:41:23 | 23:20 · Michael faster |
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