Michael vs Tom

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Joyce

1:27:28 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1477th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Tom Needham

1:27:28 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1478th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Tom: Manchester 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Tom sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Row (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 29%).Tom: strongest on Row (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 6%).

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Part Michael: faster than Tom: faster than
Ski 53% 6%
Push 29% 12%
Pull 50% 11%
BBJ 39% 24%
Row 58% 60%
Carry 35% 27%
Lunges 41% 56%
Wall balls 40% 54%
Roxzone 39% 42%
Runs 40% 51%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Tom
SkiErg 53% 6%
Sled push 29% 12%
Sled pull 50% 11%
Burpee broad jump 39% 24%
Row 58% 60%
Farmers carry 35% 27%
Sandbag lunges 41% 56%
Wall balls 40% 54%
Roxzone (moving) 39% 42%
Runs (8 km) 40% 51%

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 · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:27:28
3:324:225:033:015:494:255:395:556:064:405:572:245:565:465:147:426:05
Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:27:28
3:345:005:023:275:486:035:276:495:404:395:442:335:195:104:356:495:58
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.Michael · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 43:16 running, 38:16 at the stations and 6:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:42).Below, Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 41:09 running, 40:31 at the stations and 5:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:49).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Tom · Manchester 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:32 3:34
SkiErg 4:22 5:00
Run 2 5:03 5:02
Sled push 3:01 3:27
Run 3 5:49 5:48
Sled pull 4:25 6:03
Run 4 5:39 5:27
Burpee broad jump 5:55 6:49
Run 5 6:06 5:40
Row 4:40 4:39
Run 6 5:57 5:44
Farmers carry 2:24 2:33
Run 7 5:56 5:19
Sandbag lunges 5:46 5:10
Run 8 5:14 4:35
Wall balls 7:42 6:49
Roxzone 6:05 5:58
Finish 1:27:28 1:27:28

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Tom Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:27:28 1:27:28 level
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