Michael vs Aaron
USA · Open Men · 5 results Michael Whalen
USA · Open Men · 2 results Aaron Berger
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Anaheim 2024, Pro Men · Aaron: Phoenix 2026, Open Men
Not the same division. Michael's race here is Pro Men and Aaron's is Open Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.
This chart shows where Michael and Aaron sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 23%).Aaron: strongest on Carry (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 22%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Aaron: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 23% | 22% |
| Push | 58% | 78% |
| Pull | 92% | 75% |
| BBJ | 81% | 59% |
| Row | 81% | 62% |
| Carry | 46% | 93% |
| Lunges | 58% | 81% |
| Wall balls | 70% | 87% |
| Roxzone | 54% | 88% |
| Runs | 60% | 87% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Aaron |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 23% | 22% |
| Sled push | 58% | 78% |
| Sled pull | 92% | 75% |
| Burpee broad jump | 81% | 59% |
| Row | 81% | 62% |
| Farmers carry | 46% | 93% |
| Sandbag lunges | 58% | 81% |
| Wall balls | 70% | 87% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 54% | 88% |
| Runs (8 km) | 60% | 87% |
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.Michael · Anaheim 2024 · Pro Men: 38:10 running, 33:08 at the stations and 6:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:48).Below, Aaron · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 36:10 running, 32:20 at the stations and 5:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:19).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Anaheim 2024 · Pro Men | Aaron · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:30 | 4:10 |
| SkiErg | 4:27 | 4:47 |
| Run 2 | 4:15 | 4:08 |
| Sled push | 3:29 | 2:31 |
| Run 3 | 4:32 | 4:31 |
| Sled pull | 4:31 | 3:58 |
| Run 4 | 4:33 | 4:30 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:36 | 5:19 |
| Run 5 | 4:39 | 4:36 |
| Row | 4:22 | 4:51 |
| Run 6 | 4:28 | 4:33 |
| Farmers carry | 1:56 | 1:33 |
| Run 7 | 4:20 | 4:43 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:59 | 4:18 |
| Run 8 | 4:53 | 4:58 |
| Wall balls | 5:48 | 5:03 |
| Roxzone | 6:46 | 5:07 |
| Finish | 1:17:57 | 1:13:30 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Aaron | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaheim 2025 Open Men · 12 Dec 2025 | 1:18:05 | 1:18:05 | level |
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