Adam vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Adam Hayward

1:56:09 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1957th 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

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

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

This chart shows where Adam and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Adam: strongest on Push (faster than 17% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 2%).

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Part Adam: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 7% 9%
Push 17% 72%
Pull 6% 16%
BBJ 5% 8%
Row 3% 6%
Carry 12% 14%
Lunges 16% 16%
Wall balls 1% 18%
Roxzone 17% 5%
Runs 7% 2%

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

Part by part

Part Adam Michael
SkiErg 7% 9%
Sled push 17% 72%
Sled pull 6% 16%
Burpee broad jump 5% 8%
Row 3% 6%
Farmers carry 12% 14%
Sandbag lunges 16% 16%
Wall balls 1% 18%
Roxzone (moving) 17% 5%
Runs (8 km) 7% 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

Adam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:56:09
5:215:065:183:346:227:036:2710:317:025:486:132:517:026:148:4116:056:31
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.Adam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 52:26 running, 57:12 at the stations and 6:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:05).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 Adam · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Michael · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:21 5:59
SkiErg 5:06 5:03
Run 2 5:18 6:57
Sled push 3:34 2:42
Run 3 6:22 7:19
Sled pull 7:03 6:00
Run 4 6:27 7:26
Burpee broad jump 10:31 9:19
Run 5 7:02 7:54
Row 5:48 5:33
Run 6 6:13 7:25
Farmers carry 2:51 2:47
Run 7 7:02 7:40
Sandbag lunges 6:14 6:14
Run 8 8:41 10:12
Wall balls 16:05 9:05
Roxzone 6:31 8:26
Finish 1:56:09 1:56:01

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Adam Michael Gap
Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 1:56:09 1:56:01 0:08 · Michael faster
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