Rob vs Michael
AUS · Open Men · 1 result Rob Scherer
NZL · Open Men · 5 results Michael Talaepa
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Rob: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Michael: Geneva 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Rob and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Rob: strongest on Pull (faster than 71% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 13%).Michael: strongest on Ski (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | Rob: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 50% | 88% |
| Push | 13% | 36% |
| Pull | 71% | 74% |
| BBJ | 31% | 43% |
| Row | 69% | 81% |
| Carry | 52% | 75% |
| Lunges | 21% | 5% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 52% |
| Roxzone | 23% | 50% |
| Runs | 27% | 26% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Rob | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 50% | 88% |
| Sled push | 13% | 36% |
| Sled pull | 71% | 74% |
| Burpee broad jump | 31% | 43% |
| Row | 69% | 81% |
| Farmers carry | 52% | 75% |
| Sandbag lunges | 21% | 5% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 52% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 23% | 50% |
| Runs (8 km) | 27% | 26% |
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.Rob · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 46:16 running, 38:51 at the stations and 10:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:27).Below, Michael · Geneva 2025 · Open Men: 44:18 running, 38:59 at the stations and 6:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:07).
See the numbers
| Part | Rob · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men | Michael · Geneva 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:21 | 5:40 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 5:38 | 4:55 |
| Sled push | 3:02 | 3:19 |
| Run 3 | 5:48 | 5:09 |
| Sled pull | 4:15 | 4:28 |
| Run 4 | 6:00 | 5:22 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:19 | 5:29 |
| Run 5 | 6:08 | 5:47 |
| Row | 4:39 | 4:36 |
| Run 6 | 6:10 | 5:29 |
| Farmers carry | 2:07 | 1:44 |
| Run 7 | 5:53 | 5:44 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:41 | 8:07 |
| Run 8 | 7:18 | 6:12 |
| Wall balls | 7:27 | 6:53 |
| Roxzone | 10:00 | 6:20 |
| Finish | 1:34:59 | 1:29:30 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Rob | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne 2024 Open Men · 28 Jun 2024 | 1:34:59 | 1:34:59 | level |
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