Malcolm vs Michael

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Malcolm Vernem

2:48:13 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
2828th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Holmes

2:47:47 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
2827th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers

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

Malcolm: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Michael: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Malcolm and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Malcolm: strongest on Push (faster than 34% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 1%).Michael: strongest on Ski (faster than 22% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 0%).

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Part Malcolm: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 17% 22%
Push 34% 20%
Pull 5% 4%
BBJ 1% 1%
Row 6% 6%
Carry 7% 7%
Lunges 3% 0%
Wall balls 1% 2%
Roxzone 6% 4%
Runs 1% 2%

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

Part by part

Part Malcolm Michael
SkiErg 17% 22%
Sled push 34% 20%
Sled pull 5% 4%
Burpee broad jump 1% 1%
Row 6% 6%
Farmers carry 7% 7%
Sandbag lunges 3% 0%
Wall balls 1% 2%
Roxzone (moving) 6% 4%
Runs (8 km) 1% 2%

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

Malcolm · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men2:48:13
5:295:118:303:309:307:578:4914:5010:376:089:403:0510:1112:1117:1021:3613:56
Michael · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men2:47:47
5:505:069:143:5610:028:089:4914:2610:086:088:393:049:2420:059:4518:5815:15
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.Malcolm · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 1:19:56 running, 1:14:27 at the stations and 13:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (21:36).Below, Michael · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 1:12:50 running, 1:19:50 at the stations and 15:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (20:05).

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Part Malcolm · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Michael · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:29 5:50
SkiErg 5:11 5:06
Run 2 8:30 9:14
Sled push 3:30 3:56
Run 3 9:30 10:02
Sled pull 7:57 8:08
Run 4 8:49 9:49
Burpee broad jump 14:50 14:26
Run 5 10:37 10:08
Row 6:08 6:08
Run 6 9:40 8:39
Farmers carry 3:05 3:04
Run 7 10:11 9:24
Sandbag lunges 12:11 20:05
Run 8 17:10 9:45
Wall balls 21:36 18:58
Roxzone 13:56 15:15
Finish 2:48:13 2:47:47

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Malcolm Michael Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 2:48:13 2:47:47 0:26 · Michael faster
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