Per vs Michael

NOR NOR · Open Men · 2 results

Per Magnus Sandsmark

1:35:08 best Open Men time · Stockholm 2025
1333rd of 1,805 place in that race · 1,805 Open Men finishers
BEL BEL · Open Men · 1 result

Michael de Smet

1:35:13 best Open Men time · Helsinki 2026
701st of 913 place in that race · 913 Open Men finishers

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

Per: Stockholm 2025, Open Men · Michael: Helsinki 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Per and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Per: strongest on Ski (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 12%).Michael: strongest on Ski (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 7%).

See the numbers
Part Per: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 63% 81%
Push 12% 31%
Pull 13% 22%
BBJ 48% 7%
Row 22% 13%
Carry 45% 28%
Lunges 49% 8%
Wall balls 26% 11%
Roxzone 37% 27%
Runs 21% 49%

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

Part by part

Part Per Michael
SkiErg 63% 81%
Sled push 12% 31%
Sled pull 13% 22%
Burpee broad jump 48% 7%
Row 22% 13%
Farmers carry 45% 28%
Sandbag lunges 49% 8%
Wall balls 26% 11%
Roxzone (moving) 37% 27%
Runs (8 km) 21% 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

Per · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men1:35:08
5:174:215:253:385:466:125:425:395:445:025:471:595:485:166:129:108:18
Michael · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men1:35:13
5:004:184:312:475:055:045:178:325:065:174:592:155:407:405:4110:287:39
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.Per · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men: 45:41 running, 41:17 at the stations and 8:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:10).Below, Michael · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men: 41:19 running, 46:21 at the stations and 7:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:28).

See the numbers
Part Per · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men Michael · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:17 5:00
SkiErg 4:21 4:18
Run 2 5:25 4:31
Sled push 3:38 2:47
Run 3 5:46 5:05
Sled pull 6:12 5:04
Run 4 5:42 5:17
Burpee broad jump 5:39 8:32
Run 5 5:44 5:06
Row 5:02 5:17
Run 6 5:47 4:59
Farmers carry 1:59 2:15
Run 7 5:48 5:40
Sandbag lunges 5:16 7:40
Run 8 6:12 5:41
Wall balls 9:10 10:28
Roxzone 8:18 7:39
Finish 1:35:08 1:35:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Per Michael Gap
Helsinki 2026 Open Men · 9 May 2026 1:35:09 1:35:13 0:04 · Per faster
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