John vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 9 results

John Kershaw

2:11:34 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
1549th of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Ramsey

2:11:27 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
1548th of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers

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

John: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Michael: Chicago 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where John and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.John: strongest on Row (faster than 27% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 2%).Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 29% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 1%).

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Part John: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 7% 3%
Push 18% 2%
Pull 26% 1%
BBJ 15% 15%
Row 27% 5%
Carry 7% 29%
Lunges 3% 28%
Wall balls 2% 2%
Roxzone 22% 16%
Runs 5% 7%

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

Part by part

Part John Michael
SkiErg 7% 3%
Sled push 18% 2%
Sled pull 26% 1%
Burpee broad jump 15% 15%
Row 27% 5%
Farmers carry 7% 29%
Sandbag lunges 3% 28%
Wall balls 2% 2%
Roxzone (moving) 22% 16%
Runs (8 km) 5% 7%

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

John · Chicago 2025 · Open Men2:11:34
5:205:057:013:157:166:067:158:388:325:118:063:168:3810:4411:3816:498:52
Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men2:11:27
4:545:1710:014:577:4010:107:288:377:175:577:392:267:336:198:5016:509:40
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.John · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 1:03:46 running, 59:04 at the stations and 8:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:49) and the shortest the sled push (3:15).Below, Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 1:01:22 running, 1:00:33 at the stations and 9:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:50).

See the numbers
Part John · Chicago 2025 · Open Men Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:20 4:54
SkiErg 5:05 5:17
Run 2 7:01 10:01
Sled push 3:15 4:57
Run 3 7:16 7:40
Sled pull 6:06 10:10
Run 4 7:15 7:28
Burpee broad jump 8:38 8:37
Run 5 8:32 7:17
Row 5:11 5:57
Run 6 8:06 7:39
Farmers carry 3:16 2:26
Run 7 8:38 7:33
Sandbag lunges 10:44 6:19
Run 8 11:38 8:50
Wall balls 16:49 16:50
Roxzone 8:52 9:40
Finish 2:11:34 2:11:27

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race John Michael Gap
Chicago 2025 Open Men · 14 Nov 2025 2:11:34 2:11:27 0:07 · Michael faster
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