Sam vs Mike
NED · Open Men · 1 result Sam Karskens
CAN · Open Men · 2 results Mike McAuliffe
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Mechelen 2026, Open Men · Mike: Chicago 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Mike sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on BBJ (faster than 11% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).Mike: strongest on Push (faster than 36% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Mike: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 4% | 9% |
| Push | 8% | 36% |
| Pull | 3% | 9% |
| BBJ | 11% | 5% |
| Row | 5% | 35% |
| Carry | 5% | 23% |
| Lunges | 6% | 7% |
| Wall balls | 1% | 20% |
| Roxzone | 2% | 7% |
| Runs | 2% | 13% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Mike |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 4% | 9% |
| Sled push | 8% | 36% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 9% |
| Burpee broad jump | 11% | 5% |
| Row | 5% | 35% |
| Farmers carry | 5% | 23% |
| Sandbag lunges | 6% | 7% |
| Wall balls | 1% | 20% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 2% | 7% |
| Runs (8 km) | 2% | 13% |
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.Sam · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 54:43 running, 57:05 at the stations and 14:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:32).Below, Mike · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 57:07 running, 52:55 at the stations and 11:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (11:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men | Mike · Chicago 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:30 | 5:09 |
| SkiErg | 5:06 | 5:01 |
| Run 2 | 5:40 | 6:31 |
| Sled push | 3:40 | 2:48 |
| Run 3 | 6:56 | 6:28 |
| Sled pull | 6:53 | 7:25 |
| Run 4 | 6:54 | 6:52 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:00 | 11:04 |
| Run 5 | 8:21 | 7:33 |
| Row | 5:38 | 5:05 |
| Run 6 | 7:07 | 7:02 |
| Farmers carry | 3:15 | 2:33 |
| Run 7 | 6:59 | 7:29 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:02 | 8:24 |
| Run 8 | 8:16 | 10:03 |
| Wall balls | 16:32 | 10:34 |
| Roxzone | 14:28 | 11:15 |
| Finish | 2:06:07 | 2:01:10 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Mike | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 | 2:06:07 | 2:05:44 | 0:23 · Mike faster |
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