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Head-to-head record

Albert Beckles vs Mike Christian

Albert Beckles
Albert Beckles
3 14
17 head-to-head meetings
Mike Christian
Mike Christian
Athlete A
Albert Beckles
Albert Beckles
Barbados Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
Mike Christian
Mike Christian
United States Men's Physique
17 Shared Contests
1985 First Meeting
1990 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated September 21, 2026

Albert Beckles vs Mike Christian head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

Our full story on Albert Beckles: Albert Beckles – Complete Profile: Height, Workout And Diet.

Meetings
17
Albert Beckles
3 ahead
Mike Christian
14 ahead
Span
1985–1990
At the Olympia
Albert Beckles 1–3 Mike Christian in 4

In 17 meetings, Mike Christian finished ahead of Albert Beckles 14 times to 3, including 4 at the Mr. Olympia.

Every contest Albert Beckles and Mike Christian both entered

Year Contest Division Albert Beckles Mike Christian Winner
1990 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #2 Mike Christian
1989 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #15 #6 Mike Christian
1989 Grand Prix Sweden Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #2 Mike Christian
1989 Grand Prix Spain Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 #1 Mike Christian
1989 Grand Prix Spain (2) Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 #1 Mike Christian
1989 Grand Prix Holland Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 #6 Mike Christian
1989 Grand Prix France Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #2 Mike Christian
1989 Grand Prix Finland Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #5 Mike Christian
1989 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #4 Mike Christian
1988 World Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 #1 Mike Christian
1987 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #4 Mike Christian
1987 Grand Prix Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #3 Mike Christian
1987 Grand Prix Germany (2) Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #4 Mike Christian
1987 Grand Prix France Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #5 Albert Beckles
1986 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #3 Mike Christian
1985 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #5 Albert Beckles
1985 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #4 Albert Beckles

How this is counted: a meeting is one contest where both athletes were judged in the same division. Standing on the same stage in different divisions is not a meeting, because the two were never scored against each other. Albert Beckles and Mike Christian meet that test 17 times. For scale, this database holds 107 recorded results for Albert Beckles and 41 for Mike Christian across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 21, 2026.

Albert Beckles and Mike Christian at their peak

Peak window = the athlete's Olympia-title years where available, otherwise their best-placement years. Derived from recorded contest results. It is a span of years, not a rating.

Albert Beckles reached his competitive peak from 1966 to 1968, one of his strongest stretches (20% win rate across 5 contests in the window).

Mike Christian reached his competitive peak from 1979 to 1980, one of his strongest stretches (20% win rate across 5 contests in the window).

Score these two prime windows against each other on Prime vs Prime, where Olympia dominance is weighted for the size of the field each athlete beat.

Mike Christian, beyond the scoreline

The part of this matchup a results table cannot hold, written by hand rather than derived from the record.

1984 is the amateur peak: the heavyweight class at both the Nationals and the World Amateur Championships. The professional record follows in 1988 and 1989 with the Grand Prix US Pro, the World Pro Championships, and the Grand Prix in Germany and Spain.

His Olympia record is five appearances between 1985 and 1990, with third in 1986 and fourth in 1987 and 1990.

Attribute Tug-of-War

Each bar splits a metric by each athlete's share of their combined total. A centered bar means they are level.

Career Overlap Timeline

Each bar runs from an athlete's first recorded contest to their last, so the stretch where the two bars cross is the period both were competing. The marks on the bars are the years they met in the same division, one mark per year however many times they met in it. Careers that never cross can still be read against each other on career totals; they just cannot produce a head-to-head record.

Shared Contest

Career Stats Comparison

These are career-long figures, drawn from the results we hold for each athlete rather than only the contests the two shared, which is why a pair who never met still has something to compare. Where the two differ, the row marks the stronger figure: the higher number, except on Career Start and Best Placement, where the lower one is better and takes the mark. A row the two are level on marks neither.

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Method

This page counts finishing positions

Every figure here comes from where each athlete placed in the contest record. Judging sheets and point spreads are not in the database, so a comparison tells you who finished higher on the night. It does not tell you by how much, or how close the call was.

  • A head-to-head result needs both athletes at the same contest in the same division. Two athletes on the same stage in different divisions were never judged against each other, so that show is not counted as a meeting.
  • Only contests both athletes actually entered can be settled here. Careers that never overlapped produce a side-by-side record and no head-to-head, because there is nothing to count.
  • Career totals cover the results we hold. A missing regional or amateur show lowers a total; it never invents one.
  • A shared placement is left as a tie. It is reported separately rather than split between the two athletes.