Michael vs Sean

GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Michael Whiting

1:18:04 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1353rd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 2 results

Sean Yan Bo Zhang

1:18:04 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
1352nd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Sean: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Sean sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 37%).Sean: strongest on Lunges (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 26%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Sean: faster than
Ski 81% 64%
Push 94% 63%
Pull 66% 66%
BBJ 59% 72%
Row 65% 78%
Carry 37% 26%
Lunges 45% 85%
Wall balls 64% 79%
Roxzone 72% 63%
Runs 60% 50%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Sean
SkiErg 81% 64%
Sled push 94% 63%
Sled pull 66% 66%
Burpee broad jump 59% 72%
Row 65% 78%
Farmers carry 37% 26%
Sandbag lunges 45% 85%
Wall balls 64% 79%
Roxzone (moving) 72% 63%
Runs (8 km) 60% 50%

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 · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:18:04
5:124:194:262:314:314:114:325:094:504:404:422:194:385:195:026:195:33
Sean · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:18:04
5:044:274:353:084:484:124:514:384:574:324:552:314:543:595:165:325:53
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 · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 37:52 running, 34:48 at the stations and 5:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:19).Below, Sean · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 39:20 running, 32:58 at the stations and 5:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:32).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Sean · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:12 5:04
SkiErg 4:19 4:27
Run 2 4:26 4:35
Sled push 2:31 3:08
Run 3 4:31 4:48
Sled pull 4:11 4:12
Run 4 4:32 4:51
Burpee broad jump 5:09 4:38
Run 5 4:50 4:57
Row 4:40 4:32
Run 6 4:42 4:55
Farmers carry 2:19 2:31
Run 7 4:38 4:54
Sandbag lunges 5:19 3:59
Run 8 5:02 5:16
Wall balls 6:19 5:32
Roxzone 5:33 5:53
Finish 1:18:04 1:18:04

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Sean Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 28 Oct 2026 1:18:04 1:18:04 level
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