Michael vs James
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Michael Olatunde
GBR · Open Men · 2 results James Newbury
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · James: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 28% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 2%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 20% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 4%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 20% | 10% |
| Push | 7% | 7% |
| Pull | 23% | 6% |
| BBJ | 2% | 5% |
| Row | 5% | 6% |
| Carry | 26% | 20% |
| Lunges | 28% | 4% |
| Wall balls | 13% | 4% |
| Roxzone | 2% | 15% |
| Runs | 3% | 6% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 20% | 10% |
| Sled push | 7% | 7% |
| Sled pull | 23% | 6% |
| Burpee broad jump | 2% | 5% |
| Row | 5% | 6% |
| Farmers carry | 26% | 20% |
| Sandbag lunges | 28% | 4% |
| Wall balls | 13% | 4% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 2% | 15% |
| Runs (8 km) | 3% | 6% |
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 57:42 running, 53:35 at the stations and 11:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (12:04).Below, James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 53:43 running, 1:00:21 at the stations and 8:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:26 | 6:50 |
| SkiErg | 4:47 | 4:59 |
| Run 2 | 6:31 | 5:47 |
| Sled push | 5:07 | 5:08 |
| Run 3 | 6:45 | 5:58 |
| Sled pull | 6:04 | 7:34 |
| Run 4 | 7:01 | 6:09 |
| Burpee broad jump | 12:04 | 9:49 |
| Run 5 | 9:06 | 7:07 |
| Row | 5:44 | 5:38 |
| Run 6 | 7:16 | 7:01 |
| Farmers carry | 2:33 | 2:42 |
| Run 7 | 7:05 | 7:07 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:07 | 9:27 |
| Run 8 | 7:32 | 7:44 |
| Wall balls | 11:09 | 15:04 |
| Roxzone | 11:49 | 8:53 |
| Finish | 2:02:57 | 2:02:49 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 2:02:57 | 2:02:49 | 0:08 · James faster |
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