Michael vs Richard
Michael Wolfenden
Richard Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Madrid 2025, Open Men · Richard: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
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%).
See the numbers
| 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
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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