Russell vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Russell Tickner

1:28:59 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3648th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

Michael Liew

1:29:13 best Open Men time · London Olympia 2026
1577th of 2,650 place in that race · 2,650 Open Men finishers

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

Russell: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Michael: London Olympia 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Russell and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Russell: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 0%).Michael: strongest on Runs (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 4%).

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Part Russell: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 99% 47%
Push 69% 4%
Pull 70% 20%
BBJ 24% 39%
Row 0% 35%
Carry 23% 18%
Lunges 32% 31%
Wall balls 31% 33%
Roxzone 41% 46%
Runs 46% 55%

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

Part by part

Part Russell Michael
SkiErg 99% 47%
Sled push 69% 4%
Sled pull 70% 20%
Burpee broad jump 24% 39%
Row 0% 35%
Farmers carry 23% 18%
Sandbag lunges 32% 31%
Wall balls 31% 33%
Roxzone (moving) 41% 46%
Runs (8 km) 46% 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

Russell · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:28:59
3:024:163:462:344:104:184:086:584:027:364:352:284:065:536:108:5012:17
Michael · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men1:29:13
4:384:306:134:354:335:244:396:084:384:594:422:504:406:016:148:356:02
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.Russell · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:59 running, 42:53 at the stations and 12:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:50).Below, Michael · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 40:17 running, 43:01 at the stations and 6:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:35).

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Part Russell · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Michael · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:02 4:38
SkiErg 4:16 4:30
Run 2 3:46 6:13
Sled push 2:34 4:35
Run 3 4:10 4:33
Sled pull 4:18 5:24
Run 4 4:08 4:39
Burpee broad jump 6:58 6:08
Run 5 4:02 4:38
Row 7:36 4:59
Run 6 4:35 4:42
Farmers carry 2:28 2:50
Run 7 4:06 4:40
Sandbag lunges 5:53 6:01
Run 8 6:10 6:14
Wall balls 8:50 8:35
Roxzone 12:17 6:02
Finish 1:28:59 1:29:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Russell Michael Gap
London Olympia 2026 Open Men · 24 Mar 2026 1:29:13 1:29:13 level
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