Shawn vs Michael
USA · Open Men · 1 result Shawn Cahill
USA · Open Men · 4 results Michael Johnson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Shawn: Atlanta 2025, Open Men · Michael: Washington DC 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Shawn and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Shawn: strongest on Pull (faster than 34% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 0%).Michael: strongest on Runs (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 27%).
See the numbers
| Part | Shawn: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 20% | 44% |
| Push | 12% | 82% |
| Pull | 34% | 58% |
| BBJ | 3% | 64% |
| Row | 4% | 96% |
| Carry | 0% | 78% |
| Lunges | 19% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 31% | 27% |
| Roxzone | 3% | 95% |
| Runs | 9% | 98% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Shawn | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 20% | 44% |
| Sled push | 12% | 82% |
| Sled pull | 34% | 58% |
| Burpee broad jump | 3% | 64% |
| Row | 4% | 96% |
| Farmers carry | 0% | 78% |
| Sandbag lunges | 19% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 31% | 27% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 3% | 95% |
| Runs (8 km) | 9% | 98% |
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.Shawn · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 59:14 running, 54:21 at the stations and 15:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (11:35) and the shortest the sled push (4:01).Below, Michael · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 30:55 running, 38:25 at the stations and 5:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:07).
See the numbers
| Part | Shawn · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men | Michael · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:55 | 3:16 |
| SkiErg | 4:55 | 4:48 |
| Run 2 | 6:23 | 3:57 |
| Sled push | 4:01 | 2:34 |
| Run 3 | 6:50 | 4:08 |
| Sled pull | 6:07 | 4:47 |
| Run 4 | 6:58 | 4:02 |
| Burpee broad jump | 11:35 | 5:19 |
| Run 5 | 7:03 | 3:59 |
| Row | 6:05 | 4:25 |
| Run 6 | 7:39 | 3:58 |
| Farmers carry | 5:48 | 1:49 |
| Run 7 | 7:27 | 3:57 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:27 | 4:35 |
| Run 8 | 8:59 | 3:38 |
| Wall balls | 8:23 | 10:07 |
| Roxzone | 15:40 | 5:29 |
| Finish | 2:09:15 | 1:14:39 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Shawn | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta 2025 Open Men · 26 Apr 2025 | 2:09:15 | 2:08:25 | 0:50 · Michael faster |
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