Michael vs Richard

USA USA · Open Men · 4 results

Michael Flaherty

2:05:01 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
871st of 940 place in that race · 940 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Richard Roman

2:04:50 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
869th of 940 place in that race · 940 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Richard: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Richard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 2%).Richard: strongest on Push (faster than 24% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Richard: faster than
Ski 16% 2%
Push 60% 24%
Pull 21% 20%
BBJ 53% 13%
Row 33% 1%
Carry 21% 21%
Lunges 10% 11%
Wall balls 39% 6%
Roxzone 4% 20%
Runs 2% 6%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Richard
SkiErg 16% 2%
Sled push 60% 24%
Sled pull 21% 20%
Burpee broad jump 53% 13%
Row 33% 1%
Farmers carry 21% 21%
Sandbag lunges 10% 11%
Wall balls 39% 6%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 20%
Runs (8 km) 2% 6%

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 · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men2:05:01
6:434:579:162:539:486:3311:325:289:435:067:222:417:118:227:297:4712:17
Richard · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men2:04:50
9:015:357:113:427:226:387:278:357:306:257:192:417:208:096:3913:579:26
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.Michael · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 1:09:04 running, 43:47 at the stations and 12:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:22).Below, Richard · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 59:49 running, 55:41 at the stations and 9:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:57).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Richard · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:43 9:01
SkiErg 4:57 5:35
Run 2 9:16 7:11
Sled push 2:53 3:42
Run 3 9:48 7:22
Sled pull 6:33 6:38
Run 4 11:32 7:27
Burpee broad jump 5:28 8:35
Run 5 9:43 7:30
Row 5:06 6:25
Run 6 7:22 7:19
Farmers carry 2:41 2:41
Run 7 7:11 7:20
Sandbag lunges 8:22 8:09
Run 8 7:29 6:39
Wall balls 7:47 13:57
Roxzone 12:17 9:26
Finish 2:05:01 2:04:50

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Richard Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 7 Mar 2026 2:05:01 2:04:50 0:11 · Richard faster
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