Sam vs Michael
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Sam Bowen
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Michael Palmer
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Michael: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Ski (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 20%).Michael: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 56% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 16%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 75% | 19% |
| Push | 32% | 16% |
| Pull | 51% | 31% |
| BBJ | 27% | 49% |
| Row | 30% | 31% |
| Carry | 66% | 34% |
| Lunges | 20% | 24% |
| Wall balls | 47% | 17% |
| Roxzone | 40% | 56% |
| Runs | 33% | 49% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 75% | 19% |
| Sled push | 32% | 16% |
| Sled pull | 51% | 31% |
| Burpee broad jump | 27% | 49% |
| Row | 30% | 31% |
| Farmers carry | 66% | 34% |
| Sandbag lunges | 20% | 24% |
| Wall balls | 47% | 17% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 40% | 56% |
| Runs (8 km) | 33% | 49% |
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 43:10 running, 40:59 at the stations and 7:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:30).Below, Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 40:10 running, 44:43 at the stations and 6:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:24).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Michael · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:35 | 5:34 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:48 |
| Run 2 | 5:01 | 4:41 |
| Sled push | 3:46 | 4:24 |
| Run 3 | 5:16 | 4:55 |
| Sled pull | 5:00 | 5:39 |
| Run 4 | 5:23 | 5:00 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:49 | 5:39 |
| Run 5 | 5:29 | 5:00 |
| Row | 5:02 | 5:01 |
| Run 6 | 5:20 | 4:54 |
| Farmers carry | 1:58 | 2:25 |
| Run 7 | 5:19 | 4:50 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:35 | 6:23 |
| Run 8 | 5:47 | 5:16 |
| Wall balls | 7:30 | 10:24 |
| Roxzone | 7:08 | 6:22 |
| Finish | 1:31:10 | 1:31:09 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:31:10 | 1:31:09 | 0:01 · Michael faster |
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