Michael vs James

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Olatunde

2:02:57 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3776th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

James Heron

1:44:26 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
3353rd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Michael: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · James: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MichaelJamesedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

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 Runs (faster than 20% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than James: faster than
Ski 20% 16%
Push 7% 10%
Pull 23% 5%
BBJ 2% 19%
Row 5% 4%
Carry 26% 4%
Lunges 28% 17%
Wall balls 13% 15%
Roxzone 2% 15%
Runs 3% 20%

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% 16%
Sled push 7% 10%
Sled pull 23% 5%
Burpee broad jump 2% 19%
Row 5% 4%
Farmers carry 26% 4%
Sandbag lunges 28% 17%
Wall balls 13% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 2% 15%
Runs (8 km) 3% 20%

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

Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men2:02:57
6:264:476:315:076:456:047:0112:049:065:447:162:337:056:077:3211:0911:49
James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:44:26
5:514:575:014:315:147:055:147:175:315:525:063:265:126:488:2610:298:32
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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 Birm · Open Men: 45:35 running, 50:25 at the stations and 8:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:29).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men James · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 6:26 5:51
SkiErg 4:47 4:57
Run 2 6:31 5:01
Sled push 5:07 4:31
Run 3 6:45 5:14
Sled pull 6:04 7:05
Run 4 7:01 5:14
Burpee broad jump 12:04 7:17
Run 5 9:06 5:31
Row 5:44 5:52
Run 6 7:16 5:06
Farmers carry 2:33 3:26
Run 7 7:05 5:12
Sandbag lunges 6:07 6:48
Run 8 7:32 8:26
Wall balls 11:09 10:29
Roxzone 11:49 8:32
Finish 2:02:57 1:44:26

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael James Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 2:02:57 2:02:51 0:06 · James faster
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