Matthew vs Michael
IRL · Open Men · 2 results Matthew Creane
GBR · Open Men · 8 results Michael Birchall
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matthew: Manchester 2024, Open Men · Michael: Manchester 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Matthew and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Row (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 13%).Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 59% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 20%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 31% | 46% |
| Push | 13% | 20% |
| Pull | 23% | 59% |
| BBJ | 26% | 36% |
| Row | 61% | 22% |
| Carry | 37% | 21% |
| Lunges | 21% | 58% |
| Wall balls | 27% | 41% |
| Roxzone | 50% | 44% |
| Runs | 37% | 43% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matthew | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 31% | 46% |
| Sled push | 13% | 20% |
| Sled pull | 23% | 59% |
| Burpee broad jump | 26% | 36% |
| Row | 61% | 22% |
| Farmers carry | 37% | 21% |
| Sandbag lunges | 21% | 58% |
| Wall balls | 27% | 41% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 50% | 44% |
| Runs (8 km) | 37% | 43% |
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.Matthew · Manchester 2024 · Open Men: 42:57 running, 39:02 at the stations and 5:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:25).Below, Michael · Manchester 2025 · Open Men: 41:33 running, 36:55 at the stations and 6:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:02).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew · Manchester 2024 · Open Men | Michael · Manchester 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:13 | 3:27 |
| SkiErg | 4:26 | 4:20 |
| Run 2 | 6:28 | 5:00 |
| Sled push | 3:09 | 3:09 |
| Run 3 | 5:14 | 5:21 |
| Sled pull | 5:07 | 4:17 |
| Run 4 | 5:23 | 5:27 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:10 | 5:48 |
| Run 5 | 5:35 | 5:48 |
| Row | 4:30 | 4:58 |
| Run 6 | 5:46 | 5:27 |
| Farmers carry | 2:07 | 2:35 |
| Run 7 | 5:30 | 5:32 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:08 | 4:46 |
| Run 8 | 5:48 | 5:31 |
| Wall balls | 7:25 | 7:02 |
| Roxzone | 5:40 | 6:48 |
| Finish | 1:27:32 | 1:25:17 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matthew | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester 2024 Open Men · 9 Nov 2024 | 1:27:32 | 1:27:31 | 0:01 · Michael faster |
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