Michael vs Harry
AUS · Open Men · 5 results Michael Howes
CHN · Open Men · 1 result Harry Niu
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Perth 2025, Open Men · Harry: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Harry sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 10% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 1%).Harry: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 33% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 0%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Harry: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 2% | 2% |
| Push | 10% | 8% |
| Pull | 4% | 12% |
| BBJ | 3% | 14% |
| Row | 1% | 3% |
| Carry | 7% | 2% |
| Lunges | 6% | 4% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 33% |
| Roxzone | 6% | 0% |
| Runs | 3% | 0% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Harry |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 2% | 2% |
| Sled push | 10% | 8% |
| Sled pull | 4% | 12% |
| Burpee broad jump | 3% | 14% |
| Row | 1% | 3% |
| Farmers carry | 7% | 2% |
| Sandbag lunges | 6% | 4% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 33% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 6% | 0% |
| Runs (8 km) | 3% | 0% |
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 · Perth 2025 · Open Men: 58:59 running, 58:40 at the stations and 13:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:38).Below, Harry · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 1:15:19 running, 52:07 at the stations and 21:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (10:36) and the shortest the sled push (3:44).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Perth 2025 · Open Men | Harry · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:43 | 5:27 |
| SkiErg | 5:09 | 5:24 |
| Run 2 | 6:21 | 6:08 |
| Sled push | 4:11 | 3:44 |
| Run 3 | 6:52 | 5:54 |
| Sled pull | 7:54 | 6:16 |
| Run 4 | 7:31 | 6:19 |
| Burpee broad jump | 10:31 | 8:10 |
| Run 5 | 7:31 | 8:10 |
| Row | 8:06 | 5:52 |
| Run 6 | 7:16 | 10:09 |
| Farmers carry | 3:04 | 3:51 |
| Run 7 | 7:41 | 16:04 |
| Sandbag lunges | 9:07 | 10:36 |
| Run 8 | 9:03 | 17:08 |
| Wall balls | 10:38 | 8:13 |
| Roxzone | 13:25 | 21:15 |
| Finish | 2:10:57 | 2:28:35 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Harry | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 | 2:29:32 | 2:28:35 | 0:57 · Harry faster |
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