Mark vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Mark Blackman

1:33:25 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2725th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Mannion

1:26:25 best Open Men time · Málaga 2026
1369th of 2,072 place in that race · 2,072 Open Men finishers

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

Mark: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Michael: Málaga 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Mark and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Push (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 12%).Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 24%).

See the numbers
Part Mark: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 45% 42%
Push 68% 44%
Pull 32% 32%
BBJ 31% 35%
Row 12% 24%
Carry 26% 32%
Lunges 22% 70%
Wall balls 21% 63%
Roxzone 17% 24%
Runs 42% 26%

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

Part by part

Part Mark Michael
SkiErg 45% 42%
Sled push 68% 44%
Sled pull 32% 32%
Burpee broad jump 31% 35%
Row 12% 24%
Farmers carry 26% 32%
Sandbag lunges 22% 70%
Wall balls 21% 63%
Roxzone (moving) 17% 24%
Runs (8 km) 42% 26%

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

Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:33:25
5:394:324:462:525:155:364:586:345:025:235:072:334:466:295:429:388:39
Michael · Málaga 2026 · Open Men1:26:25
4:324:305:103:005:235:075:375:515:535:135:042:205:374:225:355:377:43
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.Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 41:16 running, 43:37 at the stations and 8:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:38).Below, Michael · Málaga 2026 · Open Men: 42:51 running, 36:01 at the stations and 7:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:51).

See the numbers
Part Mark · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Michael · Málaga 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:39 4:32
SkiErg 4:32 4:30
Run 2 4:46 5:10
Sled push 2:52 3:00
Run 3 5:15 5:23
Sled pull 5:36 5:07
Run 4 4:58 5:37
Burpee broad jump 6:34 5:51
Run 5 5:02 5:53
Row 5:23 5:13
Run 6 5:07 5:04
Farmers carry 2:33 2:20
Run 7 4:46 5:37
Sandbag lunges 6:29 4:22
Run 8 5:42 5:35
Wall balls 9:38 5:37
Roxzone 8:39 7:43
Finish 1:33:25 1:26:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mark Michael Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:33:25 1:33:29 0:04 · Mark faster
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