Michael vs Simon
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Michael Bourn
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Simon Bessant
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: London 2025, Open Men · Simon: London 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 10%).Simon: strongest on Pull (faster than 52% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Simon: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 34% | 44% |
| Push | 40% | 17% |
| Pull | 15% | 52% |
| BBJ | 10% | 16% |
| Row | 14% | 28% |
| Carry | 37% | 14% |
| Lunges | 21% | 25% |
| Wall balls | 19% | 25% |
| Roxzone | 18% | 14% |
| Runs | 13% | 10% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 34% | 44% |
| Sled push | 40% | 17% |
| Sled pull | 15% | 52% |
| Burpee broad jump | 10% | 16% |
| Row | 14% | 28% |
| Farmers carry | 37% | 14% |
| Sandbag lunges | 21% | 25% |
| Wall balls | 19% | 25% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 18% | 14% |
| Runs (8 km) | 13% | 10% |
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 · London 2025 · Open Men: 48:40 running, 44:33 at the stations and 6:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:29).Below, Simon · London 2025 · Open Men: 50:37 running, 42:19 at the stations and 7:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:52).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · London 2025 · Open Men | Simon · London 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:27 | 6:31 |
| SkiErg | 4:30 | 4:25 |
| Run 2 | 5:12 | 5:54 |
| Sled push | 2:57 | 3:24 |
| Run 3 | 5:32 | 5:59 |
| Sled pull | 5:31 | 4:17 |
| Run 4 | 5:42 | 5:57 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:09 | 7:18 |
| Run 5 | 6:11 | 6:06 |
| Row | 5:09 | 4:55 |
| Run 6 | 6:09 | 5:59 |
| Farmers carry | 2:19 | 2:54 |
| Run 7 | 6:15 | 5:59 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:29 | 6:13 |
| Run 8 | 8:12 | 8:12 |
| Wall balls | 9:29 | 8:52 |
| Roxzone | 6:56 | 7:20 |
| Finish | 1:39:59 | 1:40:04 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Simon | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London 2025 Open Men · 3 May 2025 | 1:39:59 | 1:40:04 | 0:05 · Michael faster |
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