Eric vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Eric Benavides

1:26:32 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
750th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Deel

1:26:28 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
748th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Eric: Houston 2026, Open Men · Michael: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Eric and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Eric: strongest on BBJ (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 10%).Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 44%).

See the numbers
Part Eric: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 64% 49%
Push 57% 47%
Pull 47% 81%
BBJ 85% 81%
Row 72% 51%
Carry 10% 69%
Lunges 52% 72%
Wall balls 72% 44%
Roxzone 72% 74%
Runs 61% 58%

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

Part by part

Part Eric Michael
SkiErg 64% 49%
Sled push 57% 47%
Sled pull 47% 81%
Burpee broad jump 85% 81%
Row 72% 51%
Farmers carry 10% 69%
Sandbag lunges 52% 72%
Wall balls 72% 44%
Roxzone (moving) 72% 74%
Runs (8 km) 61% 58%

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

Eric · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:26:32
5:294:335:113:065:255:495:144:195:194:464:583:115:105:355:116:246:58
Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:26:28
5:224:414:523:185:094:435:174:315:325:005:142:035:234:475:458:106:49
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.Eric · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 41:57 running, 37:43 at the stations and 6:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:24) and the shortest the sled push (3:06).Below, Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 42:34 running, 37:13 at the stations and 6:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:10).

See the numbers
Part Eric · Houston 2026 · Open Men Michael · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:29 5:22
SkiErg 4:33 4:41
Run 2 5:11 4:52
Sled push 3:06 3:18
Run 3 5:25 5:09
Sled pull 5:49 4:43
Run 4 5:14 5:17
Burpee broad jump 4:19 4:31
Run 5 5:19 5:32
Row 4:46 5:00
Run 6 4:58 5:14
Farmers carry 3:11 2:03
Run 7 5:10 5:23
Sandbag lunges 5:35 4:47
Run 8 5:11 5:45
Wall balls 6:24 8:10
Roxzone 6:58 6:49
Finish 1:26:32 1:26:28

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Eric Michael Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:26:32 1:26:28 0:04 · Michael faster
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