Benjamin vs Sam

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Benjamin Michels

1:23:50 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
490th of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Sam Rosenstock

1:23:52 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
492nd of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers

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

Benjamin: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Sam: Chicago 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Benjamin and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Benjamin: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 12%).Sam: strongest on Runs (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 13%).

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Part Benjamin: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 12% 30%
Push 17% 13%
Pull 32% 36%
BBJ 74% 65%
Row 38% 48%
Carry 12% 76%
Lunges 85% 49%
Wall balls 60% 43%
Roxzone 86% 69%
Runs 76% 86%

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

Part by part

Part Benjamin Sam
SkiErg 12% 30%
Sled push 17% 13%
Sled pull 32% 36%
Burpee broad jump 74% 65%
Row 38% 48%
Farmers carry 12% 76%
Sandbag lunges 85% 49%
Wall balls 60% 43%
Roxzone (moving) 86% 69%
Runs (8 km) 76% 86%

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

Benjamin · Chicago 2025 · Open Men1:23:50
4:024:574:513:164:465:504:525:115:245:034:502:575:044:076:417:005:07
Sam · Chicago 2025 · Open Men1:23:52
3:324:404:463:265:075:405:025:324:434:564:431:514:555:245:348:076:00
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.Benjamin · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 40:30 running, 38:21 at the stations and 5:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:00).Below, Sam · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 38:23 running, 39:36 at the stations and 6:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:07).

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Part Benjamin · Chicago 2025 · Open Men Sam · Chicago 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:02 3:32
SkiErg 4:57 4:40
Run 2 4:51 4:46
Sled push 3:16 3:26
Run 3 4:46 5:07
Sled pull 5:50 5:40
Run 4 4:52 5:02
Burpee broad jump 5:11 5:32
Run 5 5:24 4:43
Row 5:03 4:56
Run 6 4:50 4:43
Farmers carry 2:57 1:51
Run 7 5:04 4:55
Sandbag lunges 4:07 5:24
Run 8 6:41 5:34
Wall balls 7:00 8:07
Roxzone 5:07 6:00
Finish 1:23:50 1:23:52

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Benjamin Sam Gap
Chicago 2025 Open Men · 14 Nov 2025 1:23:50 1:23:52 0:02 · Benjamin faster
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