Mike vs Paul
IRL · Open Men · 1 result Mike O'Brien
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Paul Matthews
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mike: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Paul: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Mike and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mike: strongest on Runs (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 75%).Paul: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 64%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mike: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 84% | 64% |
| Push | 96% | 65% |
| Pull | 75% | 86% |
| BBJ | 82% | 89% |
| Row | 91% | 95% |
| Carry | 83% | 75% |
| Lunges | 75% | 95% |
| Wall balls | 85% | 85% |
| Roxzone | 95% | 95% |
| Runs | 97% | 94% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mike | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 84% | 64% |
| Sled push | 96% | 65% |
| Sled pull | 75% | 86% |
| Burpee broad jump | 82% | 89% |
| Row | 91% | 95% |
| Farmers carry | 83% | 75% |
| Sandbag lunges | 75% | 95% |
| Wall balls | 85% | 85% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 95% | 95% |
| Runs (8 km) | 97% | 94% |
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
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.Mike · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 26:20 running, 30:50 at the stations and 8:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:21).Below, Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 27:10 running, 30:06 at the stations and 8:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:20).
See the numbers
| Part | Mike · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:43 | 2:56 |
| SkiErg | 4:32 | 4:43 |
| Run 2 | 2:59 | 3:20 |
| Sled push | 2:05 | 2:37 |
| Run 3 | 3:08 | 3:20 |
| Sled pull | 4:10 | 3:52 |
| Run 4 | 3:06 | 3:21 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:11 | 3:50 |
| Run 5 | 3:13 | 3:18 |
| Row | 4:29 | 4:25 |
| Run 6 | 3:17 | 3:15 |
| Farmers carry | 1:41 | 1:47 |
| Run 7 | 3:17 | 3:16 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:22 | 3:32 |
| Run 8 | 4:38 | 4:24 |
| Wall balls | 5:21 | 5:20 |
| Roxzone | 8:58 | 8:56 |
| Finish | 1:06:02 | 1:06:02 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mike | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:06:02 | 1:06:02 | level |
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