Ben vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Dueker

2:22:20 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
1586th of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 7 results

Michael Thomas

2:06:54 best Open Men time · Las Vegas 2026
1592nd of 1,736 place in that race · 1,736 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Michael: Las Vegas 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ben and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Ski (faster than 51% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 1%).Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 48% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 2%).

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Part Ben: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 51% 11%
Push 13% 17%
Pull 1% 14%
BBJ 4% 4%
Row 9% 8%
Carry 47% 48%
Lunges 5% 2%
Wall balls 4% 8%
Roxzone 2% 18%
Runs 3% 15%

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

Part by part

Part Ben Michael
SkiErg 51% 11%
Sled push 13% 17%
Sled pull 1% 14%
Burpee broad jump 4% 4%
Row 9% 8%
Farmers carry 47% 48%
Sandbag lunges 5% 2%
Wall balls 4% 8%
Roxzone (moving) 2% 18%
Runs (8 km) 3% 15%

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

Ben · Chicago 2025 · Open Men2:22:20
4:374:296:383:287:449:4512:2311:258:315:398:042:108:009:1011:4915:2913:08
Michael · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Men2:06:54
4:155:176:554:167:126:277:1710:337:245:557:232:077:2713:057:4513:0810:36
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.Ben · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 1:07:46 running, 1:01:35 at the stations and 13:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:29).Below, Michael · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Men: 55:38 running, 1:00:48 at the stations and 10:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:08).

See the numbers
Part Ben · Chicago 2025 · Open Men Michael · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:37 4:15
SkiErg 4:29 5:17
Run 2 6:38 6:55
Sled push 3:28 4:16
Run 3 7:44 7:12
Sled pull 9:45 6:27
Run 4 12:23 7:17
Burpee broad jump 11:25 10:33
Run 5 8:31 7:24
Row 5:39 5:55
Run 6 8:04 7:23
Farmers carry 2:10 2:07
Run 7 8:00 7:27
Sandbag lunges 9:10 13:05
Run 8 11:49 7:45
Wall balls 15:29 13:08
Roxzone 13:08 10:36
Finish 2:22:20 2:06:54

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ben Michael Gap
Chicago 2025 Open Men · 14 Nov 2025 2:22:20 2:22:10 0:10 · Michael faster
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