Michael vs Robert

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Williams

1:56:01 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1956th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Robert Armstrong

1:56:30 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1958th 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 2025, Open Men · Robert: Cardiff 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Robert sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 2%).Robert: strongest on Ski (faster than 20% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 2%).

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Part Michael: faster than Robert: faster than
Ski 9% 20%
Push 72% 19%
Pull 16% 15%
BBJ 8% 3%
Row 6% 14%
Carry 14% 2%
Lunges 16% 2%
Wall balls 18% 2%
Roxzone 5% 4%
Runs 2% 14%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Robert
SkiErg 9% 20%
Sled push 72% 19%
Sled pull 16% 15%
Burpee broad jump 8% 3%
Row 6% 14%
Farmers carry 14% 2%
Sandbag lunges 16% 2%
Wall balls 18% 2%
Roxzone (moving) 5% 4%
Runs (8 km) 2% 14%

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 2025 · Open Men1:56:01
5:595:036:572:427:196:007:269:197:545:337:252:477:406:1410:129:058:26
Robert · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:56:30
5:434:505:093:325:346:055:4411:346:155:175:533:436:029:187:4515:308:36
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 2025 · Open Men: 1:00:52 running, 46:43 at the stations and 8:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:19) and the shortest the sled push (2:42).Below, Robert · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 48:05 running, 59:49 at the stations and 8:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:30) and the shortest the sled push (3:32).

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Part Michael · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Robert · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:59 5:43
SkiErg 5:03 4:50
Run 2 6:57 5:09
Sled push 2:42 3:32
Run 3 7:19 5:34
Sled pull 6:00 6:05
Run 4 7:26 5:44
Burpee broad jump 9:19 11:34
Run 5 7:54 6:15
Row 5:33 5:17
Run 6 7:25 5:53
Farmers carry 2:47 3:43
Run 7 7:40 6:02
Sandbag lunges 6:14 9:18
Run 8 10:12 7:45
Wall balls 9:05 15:30
Roxzone 8:26 8:36
Finish 1:56:01 1:56:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Robert Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:56:01 1:56:30 0:29 · Michael faster
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