Michael vs Craig

GBR GBR · Pro Men · 3 results

Michael Ireland

1:34:14 best Pro Men time · Melbourne 2024
307th of 364 place in that race · 364 Pro Men finishers
AUS AUS · Pro Men · 7 results

Craig Alford

1:21:10 best Pro Men time · Sydney 2026
385th of 556 place in that race · 556 Pro Men finishers

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

Michael: Melbourne 2024, Pro Men · Craig: Perth 2026, Open Men

Not the same division. Michael's race here is Pro Men and Craig's is Open Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.

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

This chart shows where Michael and Craig sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 0%).Craig: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 44%).

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Part Michael: faster than Craig: faster than
Ski 9% 92%
Push 39% 92%
Pull 13% 82%
BBJ 40% 55%
Row 30% 44%
Carry 38% 85%
Lunges 0% 52%
Wall balls 33% 93%
Roxzone 46% 77%
Runs 27% 65%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Craig
SkiErg 9% 92%
Sled push 39% 92%
Sled pull 13% 82%
Burpee broad jump 40% 55%
Row 30% 44%
Farmers carry 38% 85%
Sandbag lunges 0% 52%
Wall balls 33% 93%
Roxzone (moving) 46% 77%
Runs (8 km) 27% 65%

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 · Melbourne 2024 · Pro Men1:34:14
4:244:304:232:584:569:275:054:495:124:425:102:145:2111:275:247:117:07
Craig · Perth 2026 · Open Men1:16:27
3:254:034:402:095:293:465:175:165:464:555:262:114:485:264:544:294:31
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 · Melbourne 2024 · Pro Men: 39:55 running, 47:18 at the stations and 7:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (11:27).Below, Craig · Perth 2026 · Open Men: 39:45 running, 32:15 at the stations and 4:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:26) and the shortest the sled push (2:09).

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Part Michael · Melbourne 2024 · Pro Men Craig · Perth 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:24 3:25
SkiErg 4:30 4:03
Run 2 4:23 4:40
Sled push 2:58 2:09
Run 3 4:56 5:29
Sled pull 9:27 3:46
Run 4 5:05 5:17
Burpee broad jump 4:49 5:16
Run 5 5:12 5:46
Row 4:42 4:55
Run 6 5:10 5:26
Farmers carry 2:14 2:11
Run 7 5:21 4:48
Sandbag lunges 11:27 5:26
Run 8 5:24 4:54
Wall balls 7:11 4:29
Roxzone 7:07 4:31
Finish 1:34:14 1:16:27

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Craig Gap
Melbourne 2024 Pro Men · 28 Jun 2024 1:34:14 1:26:25 7:49 · Craig faster
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