Michael vs David

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Pearson

2:51:22 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2722nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 7 results

David Ellis

1:15:21 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
572nd of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · David: Cardiff 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and David sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 4% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 0%).David: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 52%).

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Part Michael: faster than David: faster than
Ski 1% 52%
Push 0% 95%
Pull 0% 56%
BBJ 2% 84%
Row 0% 66%
Carry 0% 52%
Lunges 0% 66%
Wall balls 4% 94%
Roxzone 1% 67%
Runs 1% 55%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Michael David
SkiErg 1% 52%
Sled push 0% 95%
Sled pull 0% 56%
Burpee broad jump 2% 84%
Row 0% 66%
Farmers carry 0% 52%
Sandbag lunges 0% 66%
Wall balls 4% 94%
Roxzone (moving) 1% 67%
Runs (8 km) 1% 55%

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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men2:51:22
6:075:398:537:1611:4812:357:4312:437:507:0612:176:497:0819:4312:2813:3311:48
David · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:15:21
5:004:324:272:144:514:344:494:364:574:394:532:064:524:215:464:254:19
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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 1:14:14 running, 1:25:25 at the stations and 11:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (19:43) and the shortest the SkiErg (5:39).Below, David · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 39:35 running, 31:27 at the stations and 4:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:39).

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Part Michael · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men David · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 6:07 5:00
SkiErg 5:39 4:32
Run 2 8:53 4:27
Sled push 7:16 2:14
Run 3 11:48 4:51
Sled pull 12:35 4:34
Run 4 7:43 4:49
Burpee broad jump 12:43 4:36
Run 5 7:50 4:57
Row 7:06 4:39
Run 6 12:17 4:53
Farmers carry 6:49 2:06
Run 7 7:08 4:52
Sandbag lunges 19:43 4:21
Run 8 12:28 5:46
Wall balls 13:33 4:25
Roxzone 11:48 4:19
Finish 2:51:22 1:15:21

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael David Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 2:51:22 2:49:11 2:11 · David faster
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