Michael vs James
USA · Open Men · 2 results Michael Salama
USA · Open Men · 1 result James Hsu
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Las Vegas 2025, Open Men · James: Anaheim 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 12%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 7%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 26% | 62% |
| Push | 33% | 81% |
| Pull | 33% | 26% |
| BBJ | 33% | 44% |
| Row | 19% | 45% |
| Carry | 40% | 61% |
| Lunges | 61% | 56% |
| Wall balls | 33% | 71% |
| Roxzone | 12% | 12% |
| Runs | 23% | 7% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 26% | 62% |
| Sled push | 33% | 81% |
| Sled pull | 33% | 26% |
| Burpee broad jump | 33% | 44% |
| Row | 19% | 45% |
| Farmers carry | 40% | 61% |
| Sandbag lunges | 61% | 56% |
| Wall balls | 33% | 71% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 12% | 12% |
| Runs (8 km) | 23% | 7% |
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
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 · Las Vegas 2025 · Open Men: 51:13 running, 41:33 at the stations and 12:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:36).Below, James · Anaheim 2025 · Open Men: 1:07:11 running, 40:13 at the stations and 10:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:43).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Las Vegas 2025 · Open Men | James · Anaheim 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:09 | 5:08 |
| SkiErg | 4:52 | 4:44 |
| Run 2 | 5:57 | 9:54 |
| Sled push | 3:35 | 2:43 |
| Run 3 | 6:12 | 7:50 |
| Sled pull | 5:35 | 6:43 |
| Run 4 | 6:04 | 8:04 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:50 | 6:24 |
| Run 5 | 6:01 | 8:34 |
| Row | 5:38 | 5:20 |
| Run 6 | 6:25 | 10:30 |
| Farmers carry | 2:23 | 2:13 |
| Run 7 | 6:13 | 6:49 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:05 | 5:25 |
| Run 8 | 7:11 | 10:22 |
| Wall balls | 7:36 | 6:41 |
| Roxzone | 12:37 | 10:28 |
| Finish | 1:45:24 | 1:57:44 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaheim 2025 Open Men · 12 Dec 2025 | 1:57:49 | 1:57:44 | 0:05 · James faster |
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