Nicholas vs James

AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Nicholas Sanderson

1:04:09 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
85th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 3 results

James Edmonds

1:04:14 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
87th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Nicholas: Sydney 2026, Open Men · James: Sydney 2026, Open Men

50% SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
NicholasJamesedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

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 Runs (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 58%).James: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 65%).

See the numbers
Part Nicholas: faster than James: faster than
Ski 96% 78%
Push 85% 81%
Pull 96% 99%
BBJ 98% 94%
Row 94% 77%
Carry 83% 65%
Lunges 95% 91%
Wall balls 58% 87%
Roxzone 97% 98%
Runs 99% 97%

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 96% 78%
Sled push 85% 81%
Sled pull 96% 99%
Burpee broad jump 98% 94%
Row 94% 77%
Farmers carry 83% 65%
Sandbag lunges 95% 91%
Wall balls 58% 87%
Roxzone (moving) 97% 98%
Runs (8 km) 99% 97%

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

Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:04:09
3:004:003:182:073:293:073:313:173:374:173:401:413:423:445:056:346:09
James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:04:14
3:224:143:212:113:272:283:333:453:394:303:381:543:464:005:255:006:08
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.Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 29:22 running, 28:47 at the stations and 6:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:34).Below, James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 30:11 running, 28:02 at the stations and 6:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:00).

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Part Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:00 3:22
SkiErg 4:00 4:14
Run 2 3:18 3:21
Sled push 2:07 2:11
Run 3 3:29 3:27
Sled pull 3:07 2:28
Run 4 3:31 3:33
Burpee broad jump 3:17 3:45
Run 5 3:37 3:39
Row 4:17 4:30
Run 6 3:40 3:38
Farmers carry 1:41 1:54
Run 7 3:42 3:46
Sandbag lunges 3:44 4:00
Run 8 5:05 5:25
Wall balls 6:34 5:00
Roxzone 6:09 6:08
Finish 1:04:09 1:04:14

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nicholas James Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:04:09 1:04:14 0:05 · Nicholas faster
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