Michael vs David

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Michael Parkes

1:19:23 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
2207th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

David Pierce

1:33:37 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1948th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · David: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and David sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 26%).David: strongest on Push (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).

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Part Michael: faster than David: faster than
Ski 26% 11%
Push 62% 63%
Pull 30% 19%
BBJ 54% 56%
Row 47% 18%
Carry 49% 31%
Lunges 55% 44%
Wall balls 73% 29%
Roxzone 66% 28%
Runs 60% 23%

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

Part by part

Part Michael David
SkiErg 26% 11%
Sled push 62% 63%
Sled pull 30% 19%
Burpee broad jump 54% 56%
Row 47% 18%
Farmers carry 49% 31%
Sandbag lunges 55% 44%
Wall balls 73% 29%
Roxzone (moving) 66% 28%
Runs (8 km) 60% 23%

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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:19:23
3:295:043:492:393:535:243:545:213:564:583:452:043:524:595:346:0010:51
David · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:33:37
5:385:025:112:535:395:246:235:356:275:186:133:055:385:126:488:204:54
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 · 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).Below, 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).

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Part Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men David · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:29 5:38
SkiErg 5:04 5:02
Run 2 3:49 5:11
Sled push 2:39 2:53
Run 3 3:53 5:39
Sled pull 5:24 5:24
Run 4 3:54 6:23
Burpee broad jump 5:21 5:35
Run 5 3:56 6:27
Row 4:58 5:18
Run 6 3:45 6:13
Farmers carry 2:04 3:05
Run 7 3:52 5:38
Sandbag lunges 4:59 5:12
Run 8 5:34 6:48
Wall balls 6:00 8:20
Roxzone 10:51 4:54
Finish 1:19:23 1:33:37

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael David Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:33:36 1:33:37 0:01 · Michael faster
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