Robert vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Robert Armstrong

1:56:30 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1958th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Williams

1:56:01 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1956th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers

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

Robert: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Michael: Cardiff 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Robert and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Robert: strongest on Ski (faster than 20% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 2%).Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 2%).

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Part Robert: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 20% 9%
Push 19% 72%
Pull 15% 16%
BBJ 3% 8%
Row 14% 6%
Carry 2% 14%
Lunges 2% 16%
Wall balls 2% 18%
Roxzone 4% 5%
Runs 14% 2%

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

Part by part

Part Robert Michael
SkiErg 20% 9%
Sled push 19% 72%
Sled pull 15% 16%
Burpee broad jump 3% 8%
Row 14% 6%
Farmers carry 2% 14%
Sandbag lunges 2% 16%
Wall balls 2% 18%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 5%
Runs (8 km) 14% 2%

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

Robert · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:56:30
5:434:505:093:325:346:055:4411:346:155:175:533:436:029:187:4515:308:36
Michael · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:56:01
5:595:036:572:427:196:007:269:197:545:337:252:477:406:1410:129:058:26
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.Robert · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 48:05 running, 59:49 at the stations and 8:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:30) and the shortest the sled push (3:32).Below, Michael · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 1:00:52 running, 46:43 at the stations and 8:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:19) and the shortest the sled push (2:42).

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Part Robert · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Michael · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:43 5:59
SkiErg 4:50 5:03
Run 2 5:09 6:57
Sled push 3:32 2:42
Run 3 5:34 7:19
Sled pull 6:05 6:00
Run 4 5:44 7:26
Burpee broad jump 11:34 9:19
Run 5 6:15 7:54
Row 5:17 5:33
Run 6 5:53 7:25
Farmers carry 3:43 2:47
Run 7 6:02 7:40
Sandbag lunges 9:18 6:14
Run 8 7:45 10:12
Wall balls 15:30 9:05
Roxzone 8:36 8:26
Finish 1:56:30 1:56:01

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Robert Michael Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:56:30 1:56:01 0:29 · Michael faster
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