Michael vs Chris
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Michael McGrady
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Chris Joannou
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Glasgow 2025, Open Men · Chris: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Chris 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 80% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 5%).Chris: strongest on Push (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Chris: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 42% | 32% |
| Push | 80% | 86% |
| Pull | 52% | 85% |
| BBJ | 5% | 28% |
| Row | 33% | 3% |
| Carry | 14% | 1% |
| Lunges | 18% | 2% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 44% |
| Roxzone | 45% | 23% |
| Runs | 57% | 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 | Chris |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 42% | 32% |
| Sled push | 80% | 86% |
| Sled pull | 52% | 85% |
| Burpee broad jump | 5% | 28% |
| Row | 33% | 3% |
| Farmers carry | 14% | 1% |
| Sandbag lunges | 18% | 2% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 44% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 45% | 23% |
| Runs (8 km) | 57% | 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
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 · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men: 40:02 running, 40:59 at the stations and 5:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:22) and the shortest the sled push (2:28).Below, Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 50:46 running, 46:48 at the stations and 5:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (10:34) and the shortest the sled push (2:30).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men | Chris · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:41 | 5:11 |
| SkiErg | 4:26 | 4:44 |
| Run 2 | 4:51 | 5:12 |
| Sled push | 2:28 | 2:30 |
| Run 3 | 4:54 | 6:42 |
| Sled pull | 4:20 | 3:32 |
| Run 4 | 4:57 | 7:08 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:22 | 7:00 |
| Run 5 | 5:09 | 6:50 |
| Row | 4:54 | 5:56 |
| Run 6 | 5:17 | 6:14 |
| Farmers carry | 2:40 | 5:22 |
| Run 7 | 5:11 | 6:00 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:27 | 10:34 |
| Run 8 | 6:03 | 7:30 |
| Wall balls | 6:22 | 7:10 |
| Roxzone | 5:05 | 5:10 |
| Finish | 1:25:59 | 1:42:42 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Chris | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Birm Pro Men · 30 Oct 2026 | 1:45:03 | 1:45:23 | 0:20 · Michael faster |
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