Michael vs Chris
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Michael Nguyen
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Chris French
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: London 2024, Open Men · Chris: Cardiff 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 3%).Chris: strongest on Carry (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Chris: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 30% | 14% |
| Push | 32% | 12% |
| Pull | 3% | 21% |
| BBJ | 82% | 13% |
| Row | 15% | 11% |
| Carry | 10% | 42% |
| Lunges | 81% | 10% |
| Wall balls | 62% | 26% |
| Roxzone | 8% | 11% |
| Runs | 41% | 22% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Chris |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 30% | 14% |
| Sled push | 32% | 12% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 21% |
| Burpee broad jump | 82% | 13% |
| Row | 15% | 11% |
| Farmers carry | 10% | 42% |
| Sandbag lunges | 81% | 10% |
| Wall balls | 62% | 26% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 8% | 11% |
| Runs (8 km) | 41% | 22% |
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 2024 · Open Men: 41:15 running, 39:41 at the stations and 11:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (8:45).Below, Chris · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 45:29 running, 45:14 at the stations and 7:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:18).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · London 2024 · Open Men | Chris · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:57 | 5:33 |
| SkiErg | 4:35 | 4:56 |
| Run 2 | 4:14 | 5:12 |
| Sled push | 3:28 | 3:45 |
| Run 3 | 4:27 | 5:24 |
| Sled pull | 8:45 | 5:41 |
| Run 4 | 4:35 | 5:31 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:26 | 8:18 |
| Run 5 | 4:49 | 5:36 |
| Row | 5:15 | 5:22 |
| Run 6 | 6:04 | 5:34 |
| Farmers carry | 3:00 | 2:13 |
| Run 7 | 5:46 | 5:42 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:04 | 6:43 |
| Run 8 | 6:23 | 6:57 |
| Wall balls | 6:08 | 8:16 |
| Roxzone | 11:20 | 7:15 |
| Finish | 1:32:08 | 1:37:58 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Chris | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 | 1:38:04 | 1:37:58 | 0:06 · Chris faster |
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