Nicholas vs James
AUS · Open Men · 1 result Nicholas Watson
AUS · Open Men · 1 result James Besanko
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Sydney 2026, Open Men · James: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Lunges (faster than 49% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 2%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 66% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 2%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 42% | 51% |
| Push | 14% | 66% |
| Pull | 2% | 40% |
| BBJ | 25% | 2% |
| Row | 18% | 42% |
| Carry | 21% | 7% |
| Lunges | 49% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 13% | 39% |
| Roxzone | 17% | 21% |
| Runs | 18% | 19% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 42% | 51% |
| Sled push | 14% | 66% |
| Sled pull | 2% | 40% |
| Burpee broad jump | 25% | 2% |
| Row | 18% | 42% |
| Farmers carry | 21% | 7% |
| Sandbag lunges | 49% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 13% | 39% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 17% | 21% |
| Runs (8 km) | 18% | 19% |
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
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.Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 46:58 running, 47:07 at the stations and 10:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:41).Below, James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 46:47 running, 47:51 at the stations and 10:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (11:37) and the shortest the sled push (2:24).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men | James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:31 | 4:28 |
| SkiErg | 4:30 | 4:26 |
| Run 2 | 4:56 | 4:56 |
| Sled push | 3:22 | 2:24 |
| Run 3 | 7:19 | 5:19 |
| Sled pull | 8:03 | 4:46 |
| Run 4 | 5:43 | 5:13 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:07 | 11:37 |
| Run 5 | 5:55 | 5:58 |
| Row | 5:12 | 4:50 |
| Run 6 | 5:38 | 5:51 |
| Farmers carry | 2:34 | 3:09 |
| Run 7 | 5:25 | 5:42 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:38 | 8:58 |
| Run 8 | 7:30 | 9:19 |
| Wall balls | 10:41 | 7:41 |
| Roxzone | 10:57 | 10:27 |
| Finish | 1:44:53 | 1:44:56 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 | 1:44:53 | 1:44:56 | 0:03 · Nicholas faster |
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