David vs Michael
GBR · Open Men · 1 result David Pierce
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Michael Parkes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
David: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Michael: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where David and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Push (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | David: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 11% | 26% |
| Push | 63% | 62% |
| Pull | 19% | 30% |
| BBJ | 56% | 54% |
| Row | 18% | 47% |
| Carry | 31% | 49% |
| Lunges | 44% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 29% | 73% |
| Roxzone | 28% | 66% |
| Runs | 23% | 60% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | David | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 11% | 26% |
| Sled push | 63% | 62% |
| Sled pull | 19% | 30% |
| Burpee broad jump | 56% | 54% |
| Row | 18% | 47% |
| Farmers carry | 31% | 49% |
| Sandbag lunges | 44% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 29% | 73% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 28% | 66% |
| Runs (8 km) | 23% | 60% |
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.David · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 47:56 running, 40:48 at the stations and 4:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:20) and the shortest the sled push (2:53).Below, Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 32:12 running, 36:29 at the stations and 10:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:00).
See the numbers
| Part | David · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:38 | 3:29 |
| SkiErg | 5:02 | 5:04 |
| Run 2 | 5:11 | 3:49 |
| Sled push | 2:53 | 2:39 |
| Run 3 | 5:39 | 3:53 |
| Sled pull | 5:24 | 5:24 |
| Run 4 | 6:23 | 3:54 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:35 | 5:21 |
| Run 5 | 6:27 | 3:56 |
| Row | 5:18 | 4:58 |
| Run 6 | 6:13 | 3:45 |
| Farmers carry | 3:05 | 2:04 |
| Run 7 | 5:38 | 3:52 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:12 | 4:59 |
| Run 8 | 6:48 | 5:34 |
| Wall balls | 8:20 | 6:00 |
| Roxzone | 4:54 | 10:51 |
| Finish | 1:33:37 | 1:19:23 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | David | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:33:37 | 1:33:36 | 0:01 · Michael faster |
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