Michael vs Stefan
Michael Palazzo
Stefan Rabung
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Chicago Navy Pier 2024, Pro Men · Stefan: London ExCeL 2025, Pro Men
This chart shows where Michael and Stefan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 38% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 2%).Stefan: strongest on Carry (faster than 22% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Stefan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 8% | 9% |
| Push | 11% | 1% |
| Pull | 2% | 15% |
| BBJ | 4% | 8% |
| Row | 4% | 5% |
| Carry | 38% | 22% |
| Lunges | 29% | 22% |
| Wall balls | 22% | 3% |
| Roxzone | 5% | 7% |
| Runs | 3% | 6% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Stefan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 8% | 9% |
| Sled push | 11% | 1% |
| Sled pull | 2% | 15% |
| Burpee broad jump | 4% | 8% |
| Row | 4% | 5% |
| Farmers carry | 38% | 22% |
| Sandbag lunges | 29% | 22% |
| Wall balls | 22% | 3% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 5% | 7% |
| Runs (8 km) | 3% | 6% |
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.Michael · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Pro Men: 55:00 running, 46:48 at the stations and 10:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (9:22).Below, Stefan · London ExCeL 2025 · Pro Men: 38:32 running, 52:26 at the stations and 13:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:01).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Pro Men | Stefan · London ExCeL 2025 · Pro Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:12 | 3:21 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 4:56 |
| Run 2 | 5:50 | 4:07 |
| Sled push | 4:31 | 6:05 |
| Run 3 | 6:56 | 4:35 |
| Sled pull | 9:22 | 7:16 |
| Run 4 | 6:46 | 4:53 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:34 | 6:28 |
| Run 5 | 8:01 | 4:23 |
| Row | 5:26 | 5:14 |
| Run 6 | 7:05 | 4:48 |
| Farmers carry | 2:10 | 2:30 |
| Run 7 | 7:28 | 5:00 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:28 | 5:56 |
| Run 8 | 8:42 | 7:25 |
| Wall balls | 7:36 | 14:01 |
| Roxzone | 10:47 | 13:37 |
| Finish | 1:52:26 | 1:44:27 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Stefan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2025 Pro Men · 30 May 2025 | 1:53:02 | 1:51:27 | 1:35 · Stefan faster |
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