Michael vs Richard

GBR GBR · Open Men · 10 results

Michael Wolfenden

1:29:28 best Open Men time · Madrid 2025
1714th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 13 results

Richard Smith

1:17:48 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
1952nd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Madrid 2025, Open Men · Richard: London ExCeL 2025, 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 Ski (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 20%).Richard: strongest on Ski (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 11%).

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Part Michael: faster than Richard: faster than
Ski 77% 93%
Push 27% 11%
Pull 62% 55%
BBJ 72% 74%
Row 57% 67%
Carry 27% 44%
Lunges 61% 28%
Wall balls 43% 85%
Roxzone 37% 65%
Runs 20% 65%

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 77% 93%
Sled push 27% 11%
Sled pull 62% 55%
Burpee broad jump 72% 74%
Row 57% 67%
Farmers carry 27% 44%
Sandbag lunges 61% 28%
Wall balls 43% 85%
Roxzone (moving) 37% 65%
Runs (8 km) 20% 65%

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 · Madrid 2025 · Open Men1:29:28
4:474:325:183:225:424:235:324:375:594:456:032:465:394:426:557:057:32
Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:17:48
2:464:253:353:393:414:403:474:333:554:464:012:074:016:055:415:1910:54
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 · Madrid 2025 · Open Men: 45:55 running, 36:12 at the stations and 7:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:05).Below, Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 31:27 running, 35:35 at the stations and 10:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:05).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Madrid 2025 · Open Men Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:47 2:46
SkiErg 4:32 4:25
Run 2 5:18 3:35
Sled push 3:22 3:39
Run 3 5:42 3:41
Sled pull 4:23 4:40
Run 4 5:32 3:47
Burpee broad jump 4:37 4:33
Run 5 5:59 3:55
Row 4:45 4:46
Run 6 6:03 4:01
Farmers carry 2:46 2:07
Run 7 5:39 4:01
Sandbag lunges 4:42 6:05
Run 8 6:55 5:41
Wall balls 7:05 5:19
Roxzone 7:32 10:54
Finish 1:29:28 1:17:48

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Michael Richard Gap
Madrid 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:29:28 1:29:26 0:02 · Richard faster
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:34:16 1:20:25 13:51 · Richard faster
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