Thomas vs Michael

AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Thomas Sanders

1:29:30 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2024
1587th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Chandler

1:26:09 best Open Men time · Brisbane 2025
752nd of 1,368 place in that race · 1,368 Open Men finishers

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

Thomas: Melbourne 2024, Open Men · Michael: Brisbane 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Thomas and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on Push (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 25%).Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 14%).

See the numbers
Part Thomas: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 33% 14%
Push 61% 41%
Pull 25% 63%
BBJ 38% 32%
Row 50% 59%
Carry 48% 59%
Lunges 41% 22%
Wall balls 35% 45%
Roxzone 49% 38%
Runs 41% 49%

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

Part by part

Part Thomas Michael
SkiErg 33% 14%
Sled push 61% 41%
Sled pull 25% 63%
Burpee broad jump 38% 32%
Row 50% 59%
Farmers carry 48% 59%
Sandbag lunges 41% 22%
Wall balls 35% 45%
Roxzone (moving) 49% 38%
Runs (8 km) 41% 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

Thomas · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men1:29:30
4:364:294:442:095:035:465:315:586:024:495:342:095:245:456:286:538:18
Michael · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men1:26:09
3:054:385:112:385:214:135:256:165:414:385:332:035:296:235:346:217:48
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.Thomas · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 43:22 running, 37:58 at the stations and 8:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:53) and the shortest the sled push (2:09).Below, Michael · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men: 41:19 running, 37:10 at the stations and 7:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:23).

See the numbers
Part Thomas · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men Michael · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:36 3:05
SkiErg 4:29 4:38
Run 2 4:44 5:11
Sled push 2:09 2:38
Run 3 5:03 5:21
Sled pull 5:46 4:13
Run 4 5:31 5:25
Burpee broad jump 5:58 6:16
Run 5 6:02 5:41
Row 4:49 4:38
Run 6 5:34 5:33
Farmers carry 2:09 2:03
Run 7 5:24 5:29
Sandbag lunges 5:45 6:23
Run 8 6:28 5:34
Wall balls 6:53 6:21
Roxzone 8:18 7:48
Finish 1:29:30 1:26:09

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Thomas Michael Gap
Melbourne 2024 Open Men · 28 Jun 2024 1:29:30 1:29:29 0:01 · Michael faster
Melbourne 2024 Open Men · 28 Jun 2024 1:35:29 1:29:29 6:00 · Michael faster
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