Joe vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Joe Francis

1:15:46 best Open Men time · Manchester 2025
406th of 1,191 place in that race · 1,191 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Lafferty

1:16:36 best Open Men time · Dublin 2025
774th of 2,325 place in that race · 2,325 Open Men finishers

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

Joe: Manchester 2025, Open Men · Michael: Dublin 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzone
no split
Runs
JoeMichaeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Joe and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joe: strongest on Ski (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 51%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 27%).

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Part Joe: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 82% 27%
Push 65% 69%
Pull 73% 54%
BBJ 54% 84%
Row 82% 76%
Carry 51% 42%
Lunges 64% 71%
Wall balls 71% 82%
Roxzone no split 78%
Runs 66% 48%

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

Part by part

Part Joe Michael
SkiErg 82% 27%
Sled push 65% 69%
Sled pull 73% 54%
Burpee broad jump 54% 84%
Row 82% 76%
Farmers carry 51% 42%
Sandbag lunges 64% 71%
Wall balls 71% 82%
Roxzone (moving) — 78%
Runs (8 km) 66% 48%

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

Joe · Manchester 2025 · Open Men1:15:46
3:154:064:362:274:463:564:485:014:594:235:022:054:564:375:085:33
Michael · Dublin 2025 · Open Men1:16:36
3:254:415:262:225:344:295:394:065:434:345:312:115:264:273:575:273:46
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.Joe · Manchester 2025 · Open Men: 37:29 running and 32:08 at the stations; the longest station was the wall balls (5:33).Below, Michael · Dublin 2025 · Open Men: 40:41 running, 32:17 at the stations and 3:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:27).

See the numbers
Part Joe · Manchester 2025 · Open Men Michael · Dublin 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:15 3:25
SkiErg 4:06 4:41
Run 2 4:36 5:26
Sled push 2:27 2:22
Run 3 4:46 5:34
Sled pull 3:56 4:29
Run 4 4:48 5:39
Burpee broad jump 5:01 4:06
Run 5 4:59 5:43
Row 4:23 4:34
Run 6 5:02 5:31
Farmers carry 2:05 2:11
Run 7 4:56 5:26
Sandbag lunges 4:37 4:27
Run 8 5:08 3:57
Wall balls 5:33 5:27
Roxzone — 3:46
Finish 1:15:46 1:16:36

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Joe Michael Gap
Dublin 2025 Open Men · 12 Nov 2025 1:16:36 1:16:36 level
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