Michael vs Ben

AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Crombie

1:27:22 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
1651st of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Whyatt

1:27:24 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
1653rd of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Ben: Melbourne 2025, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MichaelBenedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Michael and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Ski (faster than 62% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 33%).Ben: strongest on Push (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 26%).

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Part Michael: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 62% 49%
Push 36% 57%
Pull 39% 36%
BBJ 45% 42%
Row 59% 52%
Carry 39% 43%
Lunges 50% 26%
Wall balls 56% 43%
Roxzone 50% 48%
Runs 33% 42%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Ben
SkiErg 62% 49%
Sled push 36% 57%
Sled pull 39% 36%
Burpee broad jump 45% 42%
Row 59% 52%
Farmers carry 39% 43%
Sandbag lunges 50% 26%
Wall balls 56% 43%
Roxzone (moving) 50% 48%
Runs (8 km) 33% 42%

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

Michael · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:27:22
3:024:225:062:555:315:085:195:305:414:425:282:145:245:166:316:149:08
Ben · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:27:24
2:404:284:352:334:555:135:065:405:184:465:072:105:226:197:056:589:17
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.Michael · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 42:02 running, 36:21 at the stations and 9:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:14).Below, Ben · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 40:08 running, 38:08 at the stations and 9:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:58).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men Ben · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:02 2:40
SkiErg 4:22 4:28
Run 2 5:06 4:35
Sled push 2:55 2:33
Run 3 5:31 4:55
Sled pull 5:08 5:13
Run 4 5:19 5:06
Burpee broad jump 5:30 5:40
Run 5 5:41 5:18
Row 4:42 4:46
Run 6 5:28 5:07
Farmers carry 2:14 2:10
Run 7 5:24 5:22
Sandbag lunges 5:16 6:19
Run 8 6:31 7:05
Wall balls 6:14 6:58
Roxzone 9:08 9:17
Finish 1:27:22 1:27:24

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Ben Gap
Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 1:27:22 1:27:24 0:02 · Michael faster
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