Michael vs Jacob

USA USA · Open Men · 5 results

Michael Cates

1:26:25 best Open Men time · Atlanta 2025
305th of 789 place in that race · 789 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Jacob Marques

1:26:22 best Open Men time · Atlanta 2025
303rd of 789 place in that race · 789 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Atlanta 2025, Open Men · Jacob: Atlanta 2025, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MichaelJacobedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Michael and Jacob sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 26%).Jacob: strongest on Carry (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 30%).

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Part Michael: faster than Jacob: faster than
Ski 59% 30%
Push 29% 40%
Pull 55% 56%
BBJ 66% 68%
Row 36% 46%
Carry 26% 81%
Lunges 99% 50%
Wall balls 56% 72%
Roxzone 40% 53%
Runs 56% 60%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Jacob
SkiErg 59% 30%
Sled push 29% 40%
Sled pull 55% 56%
Burpee broad jump 66% 68%
Row 36% 46%
Farmers carry 26% 81%
Sandbag lunges 99% 50%
Wall balls 56% 72%
Roxzone (moving) 40% 53%
Runs (8 km) 56% 60%

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

Michael · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men1:26:25
4:414:445:103:285:225:165:175:005:165:095:102:265:112:255:296:459:44
Jacob · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men1:26:22
4:085:015:043:125:205:135:244:565:425:025:031:474:455:275:316:018:56
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.Michael · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 41:36 running, 35:13 at the stations and 9:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:45) and the shortest the sandbag lunges (2:25).Below, Jacob · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 40:57 running, 36:39 at the stations and 8:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:01).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men Jacob · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:41 4:08
SkiErg 4:44 5:01
Run 2 5:10 5:04
Sled push 3:28 3:12
Run 3 5:22 5:20
Sled pull 5:16 5:13
Run 4 5:17 5:24
Burpee broad jump 5:00 4:56
Run 5 5:16 5:42
Row 5:09 5:02
Run 6 5:10 5:03
Farmers carry 2:26 1:47
Run 7 5:11 4:45
Sandbag lunges 2:25 5:27
Run 8 5:29 5:31
Wall balls 6:45 6:01
Roxzone 9:44 8:56
Finish 1:26:25 1:26:22

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Jacob Gap
Atlanta 2025 Open Men · 31 Oct 2025 1:26:25 1:26:22 0:03 · Jacob faster
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