Josh vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Josh Saenz

1:42:42 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2025
1188th of 1,544 place in that race · 1,544 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Cylkowski

1:52:21 best Open Men time · Phoenix 2026
1318th of 1,563 place in that race · 1,563 Open Men finishers

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

Josh: Phoenix 2026, Open Men · Michael: Phoenix 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Josh and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Josh: strongest on Pull (faster than 41% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 3%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Josh: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 18% 6%
Push 34% 14%
Pull 41% 9%
BBJ 19% 65%
Row 7% 29%
Carry 5% 10%
Lunges 3% 39%
Wall balls 27% 8%
Roxzone 27% 4%
Runs 14% 18%

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

Part by part

Part Josh Michael
SkiErg 18% 6%
Sled push 34% 14%
Sled pull 41% 9%
Burpee broad jump 19% 65%
Row 7% 29%
Farmers carry 5% 10%
Sandbag lunges 3% 39%
Wall balls 27% 8%
Roxzone (moving) 27% 4%
Runs (8 km) 14% 18%

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

Josh · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men1:52:20
6:004:516:143:146:474:516:437:456:565:496:553:126:5410:268:338:348:44
Michael · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men1:52:21
5:325:145:403:466:186:316:395:087:035:146:292:547:005:518:2911:5312:47
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.Josh · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 55:02 running, 48:42 at the stations and 8:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (10:26).Below, Michael · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 53:10 running, 46:31 at the stations and 12:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:53).

See the numbers
Part Josh · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men Michael · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:00 5:32
SkiErg 4:51 5:14
Run 2 6:14 5:40
Sled push 3:14 3:46
Run 3 6:47 6:18
Sled pull 4:51 6:31
Run 4 6:43 6:39
Burpee broad jump 7:45 5:08
Run 5 6:56 7:03
Row 5:49 5:14
Run 6 6:55 6:29
Farmers carry 3:12 2:54
Run 7 6:54 7:00
Sandbag lunges 10:26 5:51
Run 8 8:33 8:29
Wall balls 8:34 11:53
Roxzone 8:44 12:47
Finish 1:52:20 1:52:21

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Josh Michael Gap
Phoenix 2026 Open Men · 30 Jan 2026 1:52:20 1:52:21 0:01 · Josh faster
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