Michael vs Darren
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Michael Bradfield-Payne
CAN · Open Men · 5 results Darren Tse
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Darren: Stockholm 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Darren sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 71% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 21%).Darren: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 47%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Darren: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 21% | 47% |
| Push | 64% | 73% |
| Pull | 49% | 65% |
| BBJ | 40% | 84% |
| Row | 23% | 68% |
| Carry | 71% | 58% |
| Lunges | 31% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 55% | 86% |
| Roxzone | 31% | 74% |
| Runs | 48% | 47% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Darren |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 21% | 47% |
| Sled push | 64% | 73% |
| Sled pull | 49% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 40% | 84% |
| Row | 23% | 68% |
| Farmers carry | 71% | 58% |
| Sandbag lunges | 31% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 55% | 86% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 31% | 74% |
| Runs (8 km) | 48% | 47% |
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 · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 40:36 running, 37:32 at the stations and 5:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:25).Below, Darren · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men: 40:28 running, 31:41 at the stations and 6:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:13).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | Darren · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:51 | 4:53 |
| SkiErg | 4:49 | 4:28 |
| Run 2 | 4:26 | 4:44 |
| Sled push | 2:48 | 2:23 |
| Run 3 | 4:43 | 4:50 |
| Sled pull | 4:44 | 4:16 |
| Run 4 | 5:05 | 5:06 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:25 | 4:16 |
| Run 5 | 5:26 | 5:10 |
| Row | 5:06 | 4:33 |
| Run 6 | 5:04 | 4:57 |
| Farmers carry | 1:53 | 1:51 |
| Run 7 | 5:12 | 5:05 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:24 | 4:40 |
| Run 8 | 5:49 | 5:43 |
| Wall balls | 6:23 | 5:13 |
| Roxzone | 5:37 | 6:32 |
| Finish | 1:23:45 | 1:18:33 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Darren | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 | 1:23:45 | 1:23:44 | 0:01 · Darren faster |
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