Tom vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Tom Needham

1:27:28 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1478th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Joyce

1:27:28 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1477th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers

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

Tom: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Michael: Manchester 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Tom and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Tom: strongest on Row (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 6%).Michael: strongest on Row (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 29%).

See the numbers
Part Tom: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 6% 53%
Push 12% 29%
Pull 11% 50%
BBJ 24% 39%
Row 60% 58%
Carry 27% 35%
Lunges 56% 41%
Wall balls 54% 40%
Roxzone 42% 39%
Runs 51% 40%

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

Part by part

Part Tom Michael
SkiErg 6% 53%
Sled push 12% 29%
Sled pull 11% 50%
Burpee broad jump 24% 39%
Row 60% 58%
Farmers carry 27% 35%
Sandbag lunges 56% 41%
Wall balls 54% 40%
Roxzone (moving) 42% 39%
Runs (8 km) 51% 40%

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

Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:27:28
3:345:005:023:275:486:035:276:495:404:395:442:335:195:104:356:495:58
Michael · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:27:28
3:324:225:033:015:494:255:395:556:064:405:572:245:565:465:147:426:05
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.Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 41:09 running, 40:31 at the stations and 5:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:49).Below, Michael · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 43:16 running, 38:16 at the stations and 6:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:42).

See the numbers
Part Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Michael · Manchester 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:34 3:32
SkiErg 5:00 4:22
Run 2 5:02 5:03
Sled push 3:27 3:01
Run 3 5:48 5:49
Sled pull 6:03 4:25
Run 4 5:27 5:39
Burpee broad jump 6:49 5:55
Run 5 5:40 6:06
Row 4:39 4:40
Run 6 5:44 5:57
Farmers carry 2:33 2:24
Run 7 5:19 5:56
Sandbag lunges 5:10 5:46
Run 8 4:35 5:14
Wall balls 6:49 7:42
Roxzone 5:58 6:05
Finish 1:27:28 1:27:28

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Tom Michael Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:27:28 1:27:28 level
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