Ian vs Michael
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Ian Davies
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Michael Difford
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ian: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Michael: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Ian and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ian: strongest on Carry (faster than 15% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 2%).Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ian: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 6% | 2% |
| Push | 2% | 3% |
| Pull | 2% | 7% |
| BBJ | 4% | 3% |
| Row | 3% | 8% |
| Carry | 15% | 75% |
| Lunges | 4% | 5% |
| Wall balls | 3% | 6% |
| Roxzone | 5% | 1% |
| Runs | 6% | 4% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ian | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 6% | 2% |
| Sled push | 2% | 3% |
| Sled pull | 2% | 7% |
| Burpee broad jump | 4% | 3% |
| Row | 3% | 8% |
| Farmers carry | 15% | 75% |
| Sandbag lunges | 4% | 5% |
| Wall balls | 3% | 6% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 5% | 1% |
| Runs (8 km) | 6% | 4% |
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.Ian · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 53:43 running, 1:03:53 at the stations and 10:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:16).Below, Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 57:20 running, 58:47 at the stations and 12:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:13).
See the numbers
| Part | Ian · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:44 | 7:13 |
| SkiErg | 5:07 | 5:23 |
| Run 2 | 5:45 | 6:11 |
| Sled push | 6:29 | 5:55 |
| Run 3 | 6:58 | 6:50 |
| Sled pull | 8:52 | 7:31 |
| Run 4 | 6:43 | 7:05 |
| Burpee broad jump | 10:09 | 10:33 |
| Run 5 | 6:57 | 7:09 |
| Row | 5:55 | 5:32 |
| Run 6 | 6:02 | 6:46 |
| Farmers carry | 2:51 | 1:51 |
| Run 7 | 6:33 | 7:22 |
| Sandbag lunges | 9:13 | 8:49 |
| Run 8 | 8:01 | 8:44 |
| Wall balls | 15:16 | 13:13 |
| Roxzone | 10:51 | 12:43 |
| Finish | 2:08:18 | 2:08:41 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ian | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 2:08:18 | 2:08:41 | 0:23 · Ian faster |
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