Michael vs Brandon
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Michael Bacon
USA · Open Men · 4 results Brandon Royal
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Maastricht 2025, Open Men · Brandon: New York 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Brandon 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 72% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 21%).Brandon: strongest on Row (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 13%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Brandon: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 60% | 62% |
| Push | 40% | 13% |
| Pull | 72% | 20% |
| BBJ | 21% | 47% |
| Row | 66% | 78% |
| Carry | 60% | 64% |
| Lunges | 44% | 77% |
| Wall balls | 57% | 48% |
| Roxzone | 63% | 29% |
| Runs | 64% | 55% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Brandon |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 60% | 62% |
| Sled push | 40% | 13% |
| Sled pull | 72% | 20% |
| Burpee broad jump | 21% | 47% |
| Row | 66% | 78% |
| Farmers carry | 60% | 64% |
| Sandbag lunges | 44% | 77% |
| Wall balls | 57% | 48% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 63% | 29% |
| Runs (8 km) | 64% | 55% |
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 · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 34:37 running, 35:16 at the stations and 6:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:01).Below, Brandon · New York 2025 · Open Men: 42:30 running, 36:40 at the stations and 7:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:03).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men | Brandon · New York 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:13 | 4:55 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:26 |
| Run 2 | 4:31 | 4:27 |
| Sled push | 2:46 | 3:22 |
| Run 3 | 4:44 | 5:05 |
| Sled pull | 3:52 | 5:01 |
| Run 4 | 4:47 | 5:09 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:01 | 5:33 |
| Run 5 | — | 5:23 |
| Row | 4:37 | 4:36 |
| Run 6 | 4:46 | 5:07 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 2:10 |
| Run 7 | 4:37 | 5:16 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:10 | 4:28 |
| Run 8 | 4:59 | 7:08 |
| Wall balls | 5:36 | 7:03 |
| Roxzone | 6:26 | 7:17 |
| Finish | 1:22:01 | 1:26:17 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Brandon | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 | 1:26:19 | 1:26:17 | 0:02 · Brandon faster |
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