Jay vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Jay Oppenheim

1:41:51 best Open Men time · Boston 2026
1301st of 1,900 place in that race · 1,900 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Heffernan

1:40:29 best Open Men time · Ottawa 2026
1018th of 1,503 place in that race · 1,503 Open Men finishers

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

Jay: Boston 2026, Open Men · Michael: Ottawa 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
JayMichaeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Jay and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Jay: strongest on Lunges (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 8%).Michael: strongest on Ski (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 10%).

See the numbers
Part Jay: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 54% 55%
Push 47% 49%
Pull 26% 37%
BBJ 58% 21%
Row 39% 36%
Carry 45% 10%
Lunges 79% 43%
Wall balls 40% 45%
Roxzone 8% 34%
Runs 27% 30%

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

Part by part

Part Jay Michael
SkiErg 54% 55%
Sled push 47% 49%
Sled pull 26% 37%
Burpee broad jump 58% 21%
Row 39% 36%
Farmers carry 45% 10%
Sandbag lunges 79% 43%
Wall balls 40% 45%
Roxzone (moving) 8% 34%
Runs (8 km) 27% 30%

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

Jay · Boston 2026 · Open Men1:41:51
4:294:375:573:486:236:116:365:446:175:076:142:196:074:347:358:1011:51
Michael · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men1:40:29
5:194:325:393:146:075:386:207:416:405:016:203:096:155:567:147:557:36
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.Jay · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 49:37 running, 40:31 at the stations and 11:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:10).Below, Michael · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men: 49:54 running, 43:05 at the stations and 7:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:55).

See the numbers
Part Jay · Boston 2026 · Open Men Michael · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:29 5:19
SkiErg 4:37 4:32
Run 2 5:57 5:39
Sled push 3:48 3:14
Run 3 6:23 6:07
Sled pull 6:11 5:38
Run 4 6:36 6:20
Burpee broad jump 5:44 7:41
Run 5 6:17 6:40
Row 5:07 5:01
Run 6 6:14 6:20
Farmers carry 2:19 3:09
Run 7 6:07 6:15
Sandbag lunges 4:34 5:56
Run 8 7:35 7:14
Wall balls 8:10 7:55
Roxzone 11:51 7:36
Finish 1:41:51 1:40:29

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Jay Michael Gap
Boston 2026 Open Men · 8 Oct 2026 1:41:51 1:41:50 0:01 · Michael faster
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