Michael vs Steve
USA · Open Men · 1 result Michael Gilkes
USA · Open Men · 2 results Steve Packovski
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Steve: Las Vegas 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Steve 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 30% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).Steve: strongest on Ski (faster than 56% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 7%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Steve: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 1% | 56% |
| Push | 2% | 13% |
| Pull | 10% | 15% |
| BBJ | 22% | 8% |
| Row | 2% | 14% |
| Carry | 9% | 8% |
| Lunges | 12% | 13% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 7% |
| Roxzone | 15% | 10% |
| Runs | 16% | 29% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Steve |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 1% | 56% |
| Sled push | 2% | 13% |
| Sled pull | 10% | 15% |
| Burpee broad jump | 22% | 8% |
| Row | 2% | 14% |
| Farmers carry | 9% | 8% |
| Sandbag lunges | 12% | 13% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 7% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 15% | 10% |
| Runs (8 km) | 16% | 29% |
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 · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 55:28 running, 51:52 at the stations and 9:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:12).Below, Steve · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Men: 49:17 running, 54:58 at the stations and 11:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:49).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men | Steve · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:55 | 3:25 |
| SkiErg | 5:44 | 4:41 |
| Run 2 | 6:41 | 5:32 |
| Sled push | 4:58 | 4:30 |
| Run 3 | 7:00 | 5:42 |
| Sled pull | 7:10 | 6:21 |
| Run 4 | 7:14 | 6:00 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:54 | 9:00 |
| Run 5 | 7:12 | 6:36 |
| Row | 6:08 | 5:39 |
| Run 6 | 6:51 | 6:05 |
| Farmers carry | 3:09 | 3:06 |
| Run 7 | 7:00 | 6:22 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:37 | 7:52 |
| Run 8 | 8:35 | 9:35 |
| Wall balls | 9:12 | 13:49 |
| Roxzone | 9:46 | 11:54 |
| Finish | 1:56:57 | 1:56:02 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Steve | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago 2025 Open Men · 14 Nov 2025 | 1:56:57 | 1:57:13 | 0:16 · Michael faster |
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