Marcelo vs Michael
BRA · Open Men · 1 result Marcelo Busch
USA · Open Men · 3 results Michael Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Marcelo: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Michael: Chicago 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Marcelo and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Marcelo: strongest on Pull (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 53%).Michael: strongest on Runs (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 29%).
See the numbers
| Part | Marcelo: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 88% | 83% |
| Push | 84% | 29% |
| Pull | 89% | 84% |
| BBJ | 86% | 74% |
| Row | 86% | 93% |
| Carry | 63% | 74% |
| Lunges | 53% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 79% |
| Roxzone | 73% | 88% |
| Runs | 81% | 96% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Marcelo | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 88% | 83% |
| Sled push | 84% | 29% |
| Sled pull | 89% | 84% |
| Burpee broad jump | 86% | 74% |
| Row | 86% | 93% |
| Farmers carry | 63% | 74% |
| Sandbag lunges | 53% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 79% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 73% | 88% |
| Runs (8 km) | 81% | 96% |
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.Marcelo · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 36:54 running, 34:19 at the stations and 7:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:12).Below, Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 35:06 running, 33:38 at the stations and 4:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:49).
See the numbers
| Part | Marcelo · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men | Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:11 | 3:08 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:13 |
| Run 2 | 4:44 | 4:15 |
| Sled push | 2:32 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 5:10 | 4:25 |
| Sled pull | 3:49 | 4:12 |
| Run 4 | 4:45 | 4:24 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:11 | 5:11 |
| Run 5 | 4:46 | 4:35 |
| Row | 4:36 | 4:25 |
| Run 6 | 4:37 | 4:39 |
| Farmers carry | 1:59 | 1:53 |
| Run 7 | 4:29 | 4:34 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:39 | 4:58 |
| Run 8 | 4:12 | 5:06 |
| Wall balls | 7:12 | 5:49 |
| Roxzone | 7:10 | 4:58 |
| Finish | 1:18:14 | 1:13:36 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Marcelo | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 | 1:18:14 | 1:18:11 | 0:03 · Michael faster |
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