Neil vs Michael

IRL IRL · Open Men · 2 results

Neil Bowman

1:21:47 best Open Men time · Dublin 2024
758th of 1,766 place in that race · 1,766 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Lafferty

1:16:36 best Open Men time · Dublin 2025
774th of 2,325 place in that race · 2,325 Open Men finishers

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

Neil: Dublin 2024, Open Men · Michael: Dublin 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Neil and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Neil: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 15%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 27%).

See the numbers
Part Neil: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 20% 27%
Push 37% 69%
Pull 15% 54%
BBJ 81% 84%
Row 60% 76%
Carry 52% 42%
Lunges 45% 71%
Wall balls 26% 82%
Roxzone 82% 78%
Runs 66% 48%

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

Part by part

Part Neil Michael
SkiErg 20% 27%
Sled push 37% 69%
Sled pull 15% 54%
Burpee broad jump 81% 84%
Row 60% 76%
Farmers carry 52% 42%
Sandbag lunges 45% 71%
Wall balls 26% 82%
Roxzone (moving) 82% 78%
Runs (8 km) 66% 48%

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

Neil · Dublin 2024 · Open Men1:21:47
4:174:344:532:535:116:005:104:315:144:445:042:044:585:124:568:084:08
Michael · Dublin 2025 · Open Men1:16:36
3:254:415:262:225:344:295:394:065:434:345:312:115:264:273:575:273:46
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.Neil · Dublin 2024 · Open Men: 39:43 running, 38:06 at the stations and 4:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:08).Below, Michael · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 40:41 running, 32:17 at the stations and 3:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:27).

See the numbers
Part Neil · Dublin 2024 · Open Men Michael · Dublin 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:17 3:25
SkiErg 4:34 4:41
Run 2 4:53 5:26
Sled push 2:53 2:22
Run 3 5:11 5:34
Sled pull 6:00 4:29
Run 4 5:10 5:39
Burpee broad jump 4:31 4:06
Run 5 5:14 5:43
Row 4:44 4:34
Run 6 5:04 5:31
Farmers carry 2:04 2:11
Run 7 4:58 5:26
Sandbag lunges 5:12 4:27
Run 8 4:56 3:57
Wall balls 8:08 5:27
Roxzone 4:08 3:46
Finish 1:21:47 1:16:36

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Neil Michael Gap
Dublin 2024 Open Men · 15 Nov 2024 1:21:47 1:21:43 0:04 · Michael faster
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