Marcus vs Michael

AUS AUS · Open Men · 5 results

Marcus Whelan

1:26:20 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
1306th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Robertson

1:28:51 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
1938th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Marcus: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Michael: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Marcus and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Marcus: strongest on Ski (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 26%).Michael: strongest on Row (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 23%).

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Part Marcus: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 60% 62%
Push 27% 63%
Pull 58% 34%
BBJ 36% 65%
Row 27% 78%
Carry 48% 28%
Lunges 39% 60%
Wall balls 26% 43%
Roxzone 30% 23%
Runs 43% 35%

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

Part by part

Part Marcus Michael
SkiErg 60% 62%
Sled push 27% 63%
Sled pull 58% 34%
Burpee broad jump 36% 65%
Row 27% 78%
Farmers carry 48% 28%
Sandbag lunges 39% 60%
Wall balls 26% 43%
Roxzone (moving) 30% 23%
Runs (8 km) 43% 35%

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

Marcus · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:26:20
3:474:164:132:384:344:224:385:555:034:544:512:114:565:407:107:519:28
Michael · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:28:51
4:014:214:322:275:114:585:025:065:294:295:302:245:105:117:257:2410:19
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.Marcus · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 39:12 running, 37:47 at the stations and 9:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:51).Below, Michael · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 42:20 running, 36:20 at the stations and 10:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:24).

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Part Marcus · Sydney 2025 · Open Men Michael · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:47 4:01
SkiErg 4:16 4:21
Run 2 4:13 4:32
Sled push 2:38 2:27
Run 3 4:34 5:11
Sled pull 4:22 4:58
Run 4 4:38 5:02
Burpee broad jump 5:55 5:06
Run 5 5:03 5:29
Row 4:54 4:29
Run 6 4:51 5:30
Farmers carry 2:11 2:24
Run 7 4:56 5:10
Sandbag lunges 5:40 5:11
Run 8 7:10 7:25
Wall balls 7:51 7:24
Roxzone 9:28 10:19
Finish 1:26:20 1:28:51

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Marcus Michael Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:28:50 1:28:51 0:01 · Marcus faster
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