Michael vs Richard

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Bowles

1:36:08 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1229th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Richard Ikonomos

1:36:12 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1231st of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Houston 2026, Open Men · Richard: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Richard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 12%).Richard: strongest on Pull (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 29%).

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Part Michael: faster than Richard: faster than
Ski 12% 29%
Push 75% 39%
Pull 59% 98%
BBJ 73% 36%
Row 48% 56%
Carry 24% 43%
Lunges 90% 48%
Wall balls 12% 41%
Roxzone 35% 51%
Runs 49% 35%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Richard
SkiErg 12% 29%
Sled push 75% 39%
Sled pull 59% 98%
Burpee broad jump 73% 36%
Row 48% 56%
Farmers carry 24% 43%
Sandbag lunges 90% 48%
Wall balls 12% 41%
Roxzone (moving) 35% 51%
Runs (8 km) 49% 35%

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 · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:36:08
5:475:104:562:475:235:275:254:545:415:025:362:425:284:036:1812:159:22
Richard · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:36:12
6:284:545:303:295:393:395:276:356:024:565:592:216:115:436:448:238:20
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 · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 44:34 running, 42:20 at the stations and 9:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:15).Below, Richard · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 47:59 running, 39:59 at the stations and 8:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:23).

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Part Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men Richard · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:47 6:28
SkiErg 5:10 4:54
Run 2 4:56 5:30
Sled push 2:47 3:29
Run 3 5:23 5:39
Sled pull 5:27 3:39
Run 4 5:25 5:27
Burpee broad jump 4:54 6:35
Run 5 5:41 6:02
Row 5:02 4:56
Run 6 5:36 5:59
Farmers carry 2:42 2:21
Run 7 5:28 6:11
Sandbag lunges 4:03 5:43
Run 8 6:18 6:44
Wall balls 12:15 8:23
Roxzone 9:22 8:20
Finish 1:36:08 1:36:12

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Richard Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:36:08 1:36:12 0:04 · Michael faster
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