Michael vs Brandon
USA · Open Men · 8 results Michael Winter
USA · Pro Men · 1 result Brandon M Cepelak
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Miami Beach 2025, Open Men · Brandon: Washington DC 2026, Pro Men
Not the same division. Michael's race here is Open Men and Brandon's is Pro Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.
This chart shows where Michael and Brandon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 53%).Brandon: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Brandon: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 75% | 41% |
| Push | 53% | 28% |
| Pull | 87% | 9% |
| BBJ | 86% | 22% |
| Row | 98% | 38% |
| Carry | 94% | 28% |
| Lunges | 84% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 83% |
| Roxzone | 96% | 44% |
| Runs | 90% | 20% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Brandon |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 75% | 41% |
| Sled push | 53% | 28% |
| Sled pull | 87% | 9% |
| Burpee broad jump | 86% | 22% |
| Row | 98% | 38% |
| Farmers carry | 94% | 28% |
| Sandbag lunges | 84% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 83% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 96% | 44% |
| Runs (8 km) | 90% | 20% |
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.Michael · Miami Beach 2025 · Open Men: 34:17 running, 29:59 at the stations and 5:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the SkiErg (4:24).Below, Brandon · Washington DC 2026 · Pro Men: 42:17 running, 38:41 at the stations and 6:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (8:20).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Miami Beach 2025 · Open Men | Brandon · Washington DC 2026 · Pro Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:10 | 4:05 |
| SkiErg | 4:24 | 4:25 |
| Run 2 | 4:09 | 4:48 |
| Sled push | 3:04 | 3:56 |
| Run 3 | 4:28 | 5:10 |
| Sled pull | 4:23 | 8:20 |
| Run 4 | 4:26 | 5:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:10 | 5:48 |
| Run 5 | 4:35 | 7:43 |
| Row | 4:22 | 4:43 |
| Run 6 | 4:20 | 5:10 |
| Farmers carry | 1:39 | 2:20 |
| Run 7 | 4:28 | 5:02 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:08 | 4:05 |
| Run 8 | 4:41 | 4:56 |
| Wall balls | 3:49 | 5:05 |
| Roxzone | 5:02 | 6:52 |
| Finish | 1:09:10 | 1:27:43 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Brandon | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington DC 2026 Pro Men · 3 Sep 2026 | 1:27:25 | 1:27:43 | 0:18 · Michael faster |
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