Nicolas vs Brian
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Nicolas Copeland
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Brian Strain
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicolas: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Brian: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicolas and Brian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicolas: strongest on Row (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 10%).Brian: strongest on Runs (faster than 33% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicolas: faster than | Brian: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 10% | 13% |
| Push | 55% | 10% |
| Pull | 17% | 15% |
| BBJ | 11% | 25% |
| Row | 73% | 19% |
| Carry | 66% | 29% |
| Lunges | 29% | 25% |
| Wall balls | 44% | 17% |
| Roxzone | 53% | 26% |
| Runs | 43% | 33% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicolas | Brian |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 10% | 13% |
| Sled push | 55% | 10% |
| Sled pull | 17% | 15% |
| Burpee broad jump | 11% | 25% |
| Row | 73% | 19% |
| Farmers carry | 66% | 29% |
| Sandbag lunges | 29% | 25% |
| Wall balls | 44% | 17% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 53% | 26% |
| Runs (8 km) | 43% | 33% |
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.Nicolas · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 34:20 running, 42:51 at the stations and 11:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:22).Below, Brian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 45:01 running, 46:19 at the stations and 4:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:43).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicolas · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Brian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:09 | 5:39 |
| SkiErg | 5:21 | 5:00 |
| Run 2 | 3:56 | 5:18 |
| Sled push | 2:44 | 4:13 |
| Run 3 | 4:04 | 5:27 |
| Sled pull | 6:03 | 5:36 |
| Run 4 | 4:14 | 5:29 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:22 | 7:17 |
| Run 5 | 4:25 | 5:24 |
| Row | 4:43 | 5:15 |
| Run 6 | 4:26 | 5:46 |
| Farmers carry | 1:53 | 3:08 |
| Run 7 | 4:17 | 5:20 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:03 | 6:07 |
| Run 8 | 5:50 | 6:38 |
| Wall balls | 7:42 | 9:43 |
| Roxzone | 11:35 | 4:59 |
| Finish | 1:28:38 | 1:36:16 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicolas | Brian | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:36:18 | 1:36:16 | 0:02 · Brian faster |
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