Michael vs Chad

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Bishop

1:57:13 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
543rd of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Chad Prodehl

1:57:37 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
545th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Chad: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Chad sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 9%).Chad: strongest on Pull (faster than 26% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 5%).

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Part Michael: faster than Chad: faster than
Ski 48% 9%
Push 90% 24%
Pull 76% 26%
BBJ 43% 18%
Row 65% 15%
Carry 76% 5%
Lunges 28% 17%
Wall balls 9% 24%
Roxzone 14% 6%
Runs 11% 24%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Chad
SkiErg 48% 9%
Sled push 90% 24%
Sled pull 76% 26%
Burpee broad jump 43% 18%
Row 65% 15%
Farmers carry 76% 5%
Sandbag lunges 28% 17%
Wall balls 9% 24%
Roxzone (moving) 14% 6%
Runs (8 km) 11% 24%

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 · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:57:13
7:224:346:342:126:594:107:236:338:074:478:262:017:307:109:1214:1610:06
Chad · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:57:37
4:145:145:533:286:555:546:568:238:095:387:183:536:318:038:1210:2412:38
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 · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:01:33 running, 45:44 at the stations and 10:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:16).Below, Chad · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 54:08 running, 50:56 at the stations and 12:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:24) and the shortest the sled push (3:28).

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Part Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Chad · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:22 4:14
SkiErg 4:34 5:14
Run 2 6:34 5:53
Sled push 2:12 3:28
Run 3 6:59 6:55
Sled pull 4:10 5:54
Run 4 7:23 6:56
Burpee broad jump 6:33 8:23
Run 5 8:07 8:09
Row 4:47 5:38
Run 6 8:26 7:18
Farmers carry 2:01 3:53
Run 7 7:30 6:31
Sandbag lunges 7:10 8:03
Run 8 9:12 8:12
Wall balls 14:16 10:24
Roxzone 10:06 12:38
Finish 1:57:13 1:57:37

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Chad Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:57:13 1:57:37 0:24 · Michael faster
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