Paul vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Paul Howard

1:26:03 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3224th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Skoyles

1:26:02 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3222nd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Michael: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on BBJ (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 25%).Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 7%).

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Part Paul: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 37% 48%
Push 68% 76%
Pull 42% 68%
BBJ 83% 39%
Row 61% 37%
Carry 60% 7%
Lunges 78% 31%
Wall balls 43% 24%
Roxzone 26% 47%
Runs 25% 54%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Michael
SkiErg 37% 48%
Sled push 68% 76%
Sled pull 42% 68%
Burpee broad jump 83% 39%
Row 61% 37%
Farmers carry 60% 7%
Sandbag lunges 78% 31%
Wall balls 43% 24%
Roxzone (moving) 26% 47%
Runs (8 km) 25% 54%

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

Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:26:03
3:444:574:242:354:355:004:294:084:294:504:171:574:284:156:537:4713:22
Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:26:02
3:074:513:362:283:584:203:596:004:075:044:053:014:105:566:009:3311:56
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.Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 37:18 running, 35:28 at the stations and 13:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:47).Below, Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:02 running, 41:13 at the stations and 11:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:33) and the shortest the sled push (2:28).

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Part Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:44 3:07
SkiErg 4:57 4:51
Run 2 4:24 3:36
Sled push 2:35 2:28
Run 3 4:35 3:58
Sled pull 5:00 4:20
Run 4 4:29 3:59
Burpee broad jump 4:08 6:00
Run 5 4:29 4:07
Row 4:50 5:04
Run 6 4:17 4:05
Farmers carry 1:57 3:01
Run 7 4:28 4:10
Sandbag lunges 4:15 5:56
Run 8 6:53 6:00
Wall balls 7:47 9:33
Roxzone 13:22 11:56
Finish 1:26:03 1:26:02

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Michael Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:26:03 1:26:02 0:01 · Michael faster
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