Michael vs Gary

IRL IRL · Open Men · 4 results

Michael Stankard

1:14:06 best Open Men time · Sydney 2024
145th of 696 place in that race · 696 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 15 results

Gary El-Helou

1:10:12 best Open Men time · Perth 2026
122nd of 1,089 place in that race · 1,089 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Sydney 2024, Open Men · Gary: Perth 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Gary sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 38%).Gary: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 69%).

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Part Michael: faster than Gary: faster than
Ski 45% 72%
Push 54% 74%
Pull 38% 99%
BBJ 74% 85%
Row 54% 92%
Carry 54% 69%
Lunges 87% 81%
Wall balls 67% 91%
Roxzone 88% 76%
Runs 81% 83%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Gary
SkiErg 45% 72%
Sled push 54% 74%
Sled pull 38% 99%
Burpee broad jump 74% 85%
Row 54% 92%
Farmers carry 54% 69%
Sandbag lunges 87% 81%
Wall balls 67% 91%
Roxzone (moving) 88% 76%
Runs (8 km) 81% 83%

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 · Sydney 2024 · Open Men1:14:06
3:324:334:322:155:055:084:514:175:034:374:321:594:284:005:455:284:11
Gary · Perth 2026 · Open Men1:10:12
3:354:154:392:344:532:404:534:005:064:234:462:274:244:254:024:394:33
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 · Sydney 2024 · Open Men: 37:47 running, 32:17 at the stations and 4:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:28).Below, Gary · Perth 2026 · Open Men: 36:17 running, 29:23 at the stations and 4:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:39).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Sydney 2024 · Open Men Gary · Perth 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:32 3:35
SkiErg 4:33 4:15
Run 2 4:32 4:39
Sled push 2:15 2:34
Run 3 5:05 4:53
Sled pull 5:08 2:40
Run 4 4:51 4:53
Burpee broad jump 4:17 4:00
Run 5 5:03 5:06
Row 4:37 4:23
Run 6 4:32 4:46
Farmers carry 1:59 2:27
Run 7 4:28 4:24
Sandbag lunges 4:00 4:25
Run 8 5:45 4:02
Wall balls 5:28 4:39
Roxzone 4:11 4:33
Finish 1:14:06 1:10:12

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Michael Gary Gap
Sydney 2024 Open Men · 27 Jul 2024 1:14:06 1:13:57 0:09 · Gary faster
Melbourne 2024 Open Men · 28 Jun 2024 1:20:19 1:15:34 4:45 · Gary faster
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