Richard vs Nigel
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Richard Orridge
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Nigel Bush
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Nigel: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and Nigel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Lunges (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 3%).Nigel: strongest on Push (faster than 48% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | Nigel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 8% | 15% |
| Push | 10% | 48% |
| Pull | 19% | 3% |
| BBJ | 18% | 8% |
| Row | 11% | 19% |
| Carry | 18% | 16% |
| Lunges | 40% | 25% |
| Wall balls | 3% | 17% |
| Roxzone | 23% | 37% |
| Runs | 25% | 19% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | Nigel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 8% | 15% |
| Sled push | 10% | 48% |
| Sled pull | 19% | 3% |
| Burpee broad jump | 18% | 8% |
| Row | 11% | 19% |
| Farmers carry | 18% | 16% |
| Sandbag lunges | 40% | 25% |
| Wall balls | 3% | 17% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 23% | 37% |
| Runs (8 km) | 25% | 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.Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 47:10 running, 50:44 at the stations and 5:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:49).Below, Nigel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 49:02 running, 49:34 at the stations and 4:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:47) and the shortest the sled push (3:07).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Nigel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:51 | 6:14 |
| SkiErg | 5:08 | 4:58 |
| Run 2 | 5:19 | 5:31 |
| Sled push | 4:13 | 3:07 |
| Run 3 | 5:46 | 5:50 |
| Sled pull | 5:25 | 7:36 |
| Run 4 | 5:48 | 5:57 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:52 | 9:10 |
| Run 5 | 5:44 | 6:01 |
| Row | 5:28 | 5:16 |
| Run 6 | 6:09 | 6:20 |
| Farmers carry | 3:29 | 3:32 |
| Run 7 | 5:31 | 5:51 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:20 | 6:07 |
| Run 8 | 7:02 | 7:18 |
| Wall balls | 13:49 | 9:47 |
| Roxzone | 5:10 | 4:27 |
| Finish | 1:42:59 | 1:43:00 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Richard | Nigel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:42:59 | 1:43:00 | 0:01 · Richard faster |
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:48:53 | 2:00:45 | 11:52 · Richard faster |
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