Ross vs Michael
USA · Open Men · 3 results Ross Breaux
USA · Open Men · 1 result Michael Townsend
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ross: Houston 2025, Open Men · Michael: Phoenix 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ross and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ross: strongest on Ski (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 11%).Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ross: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 89% | 1% |
| Push | 52% | 46% |
| Pull | 79% | 25% |
| BBJ | 12% | 36% |
| Row | 53% | 3% |
| Carry | 47% | 14% |
| Lunges | 11% | 29% |
| Wall balls | 24% | 20% |
| Roxzone | 39% | 24% |
| Runs | 16% | 4% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ross | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 89% | 1% |
| Sled push | 52% | 46% |
| Sled pull | 79% | 25% |
| Burpee broad jump | 12% | 36% |
| Row | 53% | 3% |
| Farmers carry | 47% | 14% |
| Sandbag lunges | 11% | 29% |
| Wall balls | 24% | 20% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 39% | 24% |
| Runs (8 km) | 16% | 4% |
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.Ross · Houston 2025 · Open Men: 55:03 running, 43:46 at the stations and 8:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:05).Below, Michael · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 1:04:58 running, 45:04 at the stations and 9:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:19).
See the numbers
| Part | Ross · Houston 2025 · Open Men | Michael · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:16 | 6:43 |
| SkiErg | 4:11 | 5:46 |
| Run 2 | 5:31 | 6:30 |
| Sled push | 2:49 | 3:00 |
| Run 3 | 5:52 | 7:12 |
| Sled pull | 4:28 | 5:23 |
| Run 4 | 5:55 | 7:25 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:05 | 6:21 |
| Run 5 | 6:37 | 8:37 |
| Row | 4:53 | 6:12 |
| Run 6 | 6:18 | 8:18 |
| Farmers carry | 2:16 | 2:46 |
| Run 7 | 6:27 | 9:01 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:56 | 6:17 |
| Run 8 | 13:06 | 11:11 |
| Wall balls | 8:08 | 9:19 |
| Roxzone | 8:23 | 9:03 |
| Finish | 1:47:04 | 1:58:55 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ross | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix 2026 Open Men · 30 Jan 2026 | 1:59:22 | 1:58:55 | 0:27 · Michael faster |
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