Gary vs Mike

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Gary Flanik

1:21:10 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
497th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
CRC CRC · Open Men · 4 results

Mike Vella

1:21:12 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
499th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Gary: Houston 2026, Open Men · Mike: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Gary and Mike sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gary: strongest on Ski (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 45%).Mike: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 8%).

See the numbers
Part Gary: faster than Mike: faster than
Ski 98% 84%
Push 97% 39%
Pull 98% 44%
BBJ 45% 74%
Row 68% 68%
Carry 80% 8%
Lunges 60% 59%
Wall balls 91% 86%
Roxzone 72% 70%
Runs 64% 84%

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

Part by part

Part Gary Mike
SkiErg 98% 84%
Sled push 97% 39%
Sled pull 98% 44%
Burpee broad jump 45% 74%
Row 68% 68%
Farmers carry 80% 8%
Sandbag lunges 60% 59%
Wall balls 91% 86%
Roxzone (moving) 72% 70%
Runs (8 km) 64% 84%

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

Gary · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:21:10
5:274:074:412:124:593:385:016:065:274:495:021:544:585:145:395:076:56
Mike · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:21:12
4:234:224:143:294:545:554:484:514:384:494:223:174:295:174:575:317:05
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.Gary · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 41:14 running, 33:07 at the stations and 6:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:06).Below, Mike · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 36:44 running, 37:31 at the stations and 7:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:55).

See the numbers
Part Gary · Houston 2026 · Open Men Mike · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:27 4:23
SkiErg 4:07 4:22
Run 2 4:41 4:14
Sled push 2:12 3:29
Run 3 4:59 4:54
Sled pull 3:38 5:55
Run 4 5:01 4:48
Burpee broad jump 6:06 4:51
Run 5 5:27 4:38
Row 4:49 4:49
Run 6 5:02 4:22
Farmers carry 1:54 3:17
Run 7 4:58 4:29
Sandbag lunges 5:14 5:17
Run 8 5:39 4:57
Wall balls 5:07 5:31
Roxzone 6:56 7:05
Finish 1:21:10 1:21:12

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Gary Mike Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:21:10 1:21:12 0:02 · Gary faster
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