Joe vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Joe Edney

1:18:10 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
564th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Smith

1:13:36 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
141st of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers

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

Joe: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Michael: Chicago 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Joe and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joe: strongest on Carry (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 60%).Michael: strongest on Runs (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 29%).

See the numbers
Part Joe: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 60% 83%
Push 68% 29%
Pull 76% 84%
BBJ 83% 74%
Row 79% 93%
Carry 93% 74%
Lunges 86% 62%
Wall balls 81% 79%
Roxzone 75% 88%
Runs 72% 96%

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

Part by part

Part Joe Michael
SkiErg 60% 83%
Sled push 68% 29%
Sled pull 76% 84%
Burpee broad jump 83% 74%
Row 79% 93%
Farmers carry 93% 74%
Sandbag lunges 86% 62%
Wall balls 81% 79%
Roxzone (moving) 75% 88%
Runs (8 km) 72% 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

Joe · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:18:10
4:044:395:042:505:094:155:064:214:564:424:491:355:074:174:365:487:00
Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men1:13:36
3:084:134:152:574:254:124:245:114:354:254:391:534:344:585:065:494:58
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.Joe · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 38:52 running, 32:26 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:48).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 Joe · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Michael · Chicago 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:04 3:08
SkiErg 4:39 4:13
Run 2 5:04 4:15
Sled push 2:50 2:57
Run 3 5:09 4:25
Sled pull 4:15 4:12
Run 4 5:06 4:24
Burpee broad jump 4:21 5:11
Run 5 4:56 4:35
Row 4:42 4:25
Run 6 4:49 4:39
Farmers carry 1:35 1:53
Run 7 5:07 4:34
Sandbag lunges 4:17 4:58
Run 8 4:36 5:06
Wall balls 5:48 5:49
Roxzone 7:00 4:58
Finish 1:18:10 1:13:36

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Joe Michael Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 1:18:10 1:18:11 0:01 · Joe faster
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