Michael vs Sam

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Wilson

1:21:21 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
503rd of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Sam Perez

1:21:13 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
501st of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Houston 2026, Open Men · Sam: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 44%).Sam: strongest on Push (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 58%).

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Part Michael: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 76% 72%
Push 88% 88%
Pull 95% 81%
BBJ 44% 58%
Row 83% 63%
Carry 78% 75%
Lunges 87% 82%
Wall balls 74% 75%
Roxzone 79% 86%
Runs 66% 67%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Sam
SkiErg 76% 72%
Sled push 88% 88%
Sled pull 95% 81%
Burpee broad jump 44% 58%
Row 83% 63%
Farmers carry 78% 75%
Sandbag lunges 87% 82%
Wall balls 74% 75%
Roxzone (moving) 79% 86%
Runs (8 km) 66% 67%

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 · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:21:21
5:174:264:542:305:093:545:006:085:134:384:581:564:494:105:376:186:32
Sam · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:21:13
4:474:294:352:305:124:435:345:325:314:525:081:594:554:224:556:175:59
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 · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 40:58 running, 33:59 at the stations and 6:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:18).Below, Sam · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 40:37 running, 34:44 at the stations and 5:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:17).

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Part Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men Sam · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:17 4:47
SkiErg 4:26 4:29
Run 2 4:54 4:35
Sled push 2:30 2:30
Run 3 5:09 5:12
Sled pull 3:54 4:43
Run 4 5:00 5:34
Burpee broad jump 6:08 5:32
Run 5 5:13 5:31
Row 4:38 4:52
Run 6 4:58 5:08
Farmers carry 1:56 1:59
Run 7 4:49 4:55
Sandbag lunges 4:10 4:22
Run 8 5:37 4:55
Wall balls 6:18 6:17
Roxzone 6:32 5:59
Finish 1:21:21 1:21:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Sam Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:21:21 1:21:13 0:08 · Sam faster
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