Michael vs Drew

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

Drew Gilbert

1:26:30 best Open Men time · Atlanta 2025
307th 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 · Drew: Atlanta 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLunges
no split
Wall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MichaelDrewedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Michael and Drew 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%).Drew: strongest on Ski (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 14%).

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Part Michael: faster than Drew: faster than
Ski 59% 81%
Push 29% 70%
Pull 55% 58%
BBJ 66% 78%
Row 36% 71%
Carry 26% 56%
Lunges 99% no split
Wall balls 56% 40%
Roxzone 40% 14%
Runs 56% 64%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Drew
SkiErg 59% 81%
Sled push 29% 70%
Sled pull 55% 58%
Burpee broad jump 66% 78%
Row 36% 71%
Farmers carry 26% 56%
Sandbag lunges 99% —
Wall balls 56% 40%
Roxzone (moving) 40% 14%
Runs (8 km) 56% 64%

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
Drew · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men1:26:30
3:504:304:342:395:195:055:094:296:074:434:332:034:316:127:5612:57
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, Drew · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 40:16 running, 31:25 at the stations and 12:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:56).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men Drew · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:41 3:50
SkiErg 4:44 4:30
Run 2 5:10 4:34
Sled push 3:28 2:39
Run 3 5:22 5:19
Sled pull 5:16 5:05
Run 4 5:17 5:09
Burpee broad jump 5:00 4:29
Run 5 5:16 6:07
Row 5:09 4:43
Run 6 5:10 4:33
Farmers carry 2:26 2:03
Run 7 5:11 4:31
Sandbag lunges 2:25 —
Run 8 5:29 6:12
Wall balls 6:45 7:56
Roxzone 9:44 12:57
Finish 1:26:25 1:26:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Drew Gap
Atlanta 2025 Open Men · 31 Oct 2025 1:26:25 1:26:30 0:05 · Michael faster
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