Shay vs Nicholas

IRL IRL · Open Men · 2 results

Shay Grant

1:47:45 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
3450th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Nicholas Leigh

1:46:21 best Open Men time · Rome 2026
2475th of 2,820 place in that race · 2,820 Open Men finishers

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

Shay: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Nicholas: Rome 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Shay and Nicholas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Shay: strongest on Runs (faster than 34% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 2%).Nicholas: strongest on Lunges (faster than 33% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Shay: faster than Nicholas: faster than
Ski 10% 1%
Push 13% 18%
Pull 7% 14%
BBJ 27% 9%
Row 2% 14%
Carry 15% 3%
Lunges 10% 33%
Wall balls 2% 7%
Roxzone 21% 19%
Runs 34% 21%

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

Part by part

Part Shay Nicholas
SkiErg 10% 1%
Sled push 13% 18%
Sled pull 7% 14%
Burpee broad jump 27% 9%
Row 2% 14%
Farmers carry 15% 3%
Sandbag lunges 10% 33%
Wall balls 2% 7%
Roxzone (moving) 21% 19%
Runs (8 km) 34% 21%

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

Shay · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:47:45
6:025:075:044:185:086:434:576:455:106:115:042:505:097:405:5717:448:03
Nicholas · Rome 2026 · Open Men1:46:21
7:115:325:024:185:066:205:118:305:315:305:293:495:286:036:2512:108:54
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.Shay · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 42:31 running, 57:18 at the stations and 8:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (17:44).Below, Nicholas · Rome 2026 · Open Men: 45:23 running, 52:12 at the stations and 8:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:10).

See the numbers
Part Shay · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Nicholas · Rome 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:02 7:11
SkiErg 5:07 5:32
Run 2 5:04 5:02
Sled push 4:18 4:18
Run 3 5:08 5:06
Sled pull 6:43 6:20
Run 4 4:57 5:11
Burpee broad jump 6:45 8:30
Run 5 5:10 5:31
Row 6:11 5:30
Run 6 5:04 5:29
Farmers carry 2:50 3:49
Run 7 5:09 5:28
Sandbag lunges 7:40 6:03
Run 8 5:57 6:25
Wall balls 17:44 12:10
Roxzone 8:03 8:54
Finish 1:47:45 1:46:21

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Shay Nicholas Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 28 Oct 2026 1:47:45 1:47:40 0:05 · Nicholas faster
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