Nicholas vs Ben
AUS · Open Men · 1 result Nicholas Cross
AUS · Open Men · 6 results Ben Perkins
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Ben: Auckland 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 50%).Ben: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 68%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Ben: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 95% | 91% |
| Push | 89% | 78% |
| Pull | 95% | 68% |
| BBJ | 76% | 89% |
| Row | 99% | 93% |
| Carry | 66% | 91% |
| Lunges | 95% | 85% |
| Wall balls | 80% | 97% |
| Roxzone | 64% | 93% |
| Runs | 50% | 84% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | Ben |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 95% | 91% |
| Sled push | 89% | 78% |
| Sled pull | 95% | 68% |
| Burpee broad jump | 76% | 89% |
| Row | 99% | 93% |
| Farmers carry | 66% | 91% |
| Sandbag lunges | 95% | 85% |
| Wall balls | 80% | 97% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 64% | 93% |
| Runs (8 km) | 50% | 84% |
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 2025 · Open Men: 37:59 running, 28:25 at the stations and 7:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:02) and the shortest the sled push (1:51).Below, Ben · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 38:44 running, 30:17 at the stations and 3:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (4:30).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas · Sydney 2025 · Open Men | Ben · Auckland 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:49 | 4:56 |
| SkiErg | 3:57 | 4:03 |
| Run 2 | 4:14 | 4:29 |
| Sled push | 1:51 | 2:50 |
| Run 3 | 4:27 | 4:51 |
| Sled pull | 3:24 | 4:30 |
| Run 4 | 4:36 | 4:44 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:27 | 4:15 |
| Run 5 | 4:49 | 4:52 |
| Row | 4:05 | 4:28 |
| Run 6 | 4:43 | 4:51 |
| Farmers carry | 1:59 | 1:34 |
| Run 7 | 4:46 | 4:51 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:41 | 4:24 |
| Run 8 | 6:34 | 5:10 |
| Wall balls | 5:02 | 4:13 |
| Roxzone | 7:48 | 3:58 |
| Finish | 1:14:06 | 1:12:51 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Ben | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2025 Open Men · 4 Jul 2025 | 1:14:06 | 1:14:09 | 0:03 · Nicholas faster |
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