Karen vs Michelle
GBR · Open Women · 4 results Karen Stephens
GBR · Open Women · 6 results Michelle Nesbitt-Burrell
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Karen: Cardiff 2026, Open Women · Michelle: London ExCeL 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Karen and Michelle sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karen: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 33%).Michelle: strongest on Row (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 20%).
See the numbers
| Part | Karen: faster than | Michelle: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 69% | 88% |
| Push | 58% | 74% |
| Pull | 49% | 51% |
| BBJ | 80% | 57% |
| Row | 67% | 93% |
| Carry | 60% | 20% |
| Lunges | 38% | 92% |
| Wall balls | 87% | 80% |
| Roxzone | 33% | 59% |
| Runs | 45% | 57% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Karen | Michelle |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 69% | 88% |
| Sled push | 58% | 74% |
| Sled pull | 49% | 51% |
| Burpee broad jump | 80% | 57% |
| Row | 67% | 93% |
| Farmers carry | 60% | 20% |
| Sandbag lunges | 38% | 92% |
| Wall balls | 87% | 80% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 33% | 59% |
| Runs (8 km) | 45% | 57% |
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.Karen · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women: 48:31 running, 37:33 at the stations and 5:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:45).Below, Michelle · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Women: 36:40 running, 36:17 at the stations and 12:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:25) and the shortest the sled push (2:26).
See the numbers
| Part | Karen · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women | Michelle · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:55 | 3:22 |
| SkiErg | 5:07 | 5:09 |
| Run 2 | 5:24 | 4:12 |
| Sled push | 2:50 | 2:26 |
| Run 3 | 5:46 | 4:21 |
| Sled pull | 5:27 | 5:33 |
| Run 4 | 6:01 | 4:31 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:45 | 6:25 |
| Run 5 | 6:33 | 4:36 |
| Row | 5:19 | 5:01 |
| Run 6 | 6:18 | 4:38 |
| Farmers carry | 2:48 | 2:41 |
| Run 7 | 5:49 | 4:35 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:24 | 3:41 |
| Run 8 | 6:44 | 6:25 |
| Wall balls | 4:53 | 5:21 |
| Roxzone | 5:25 | 12:41 |
| Finish | 1:31:24 | 1:25:28 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Karen | Michelle | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Women · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:31:24 | 1:31:28 | 0:04 · Karen faster |
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