Nicholas vs James

RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Nicholas Marnitz

1:18:06 best Open Men time · Riga 2026
220th of 882 place in that race · 882 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

James Lusher

1:12:14 best Open Men time · Berlin 2025
692nd of 2,599 place in that race · 2,599 Open Men finishers

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

Nicholas: Riga 2026, Open Men · James: Berlin 2025, Open Men

50% top 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 Ski (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 42%).James: strongest on BBJ (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 29%).

See the numbers
Part Nicholas: faster than James: faster than
Ski 90% 29%
Push 44% 47%
Pull 57% 72%
BBJ 86% 85%
Row 72% 41%
Carry 46% 50%
Lunges 42% 66%
Wall balls 75% 54%
Roxzone 69% 69%
Runs 73% 78%

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 90% 29%
Sled push 44% 47%
Sled pull 57% 72%
Burpee broad jump 86% 85%
Row 72% 41%
Farmers carry 46% 50%
Sandbag lunges 42% 66%
Wall balls 75% 54%
Roxzone (moving) 69% 69%
Runs (8 km) 73% 78%

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 · Riga 2026 · Open Men1:18:06
5:144:124:402:544:554:134:594:095:104:305:082:065:065:384:475:394:53
James · Berlin 2025 · Open Men1:12:14
3:384:333:532:514:023:483:563:584:014:453:562:013:494:335:045:567:38
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 · Riga 2026 · Open Men: 39:59 running, 33:21 at the stations and 4:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:39).Below, James · Berlin 2025 · Open Men: 32:19 running, 32:25 at the stations and 7:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:56).

See the numbers
Part Nicholas · Riga 2026 · Open Men James · Berlin 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:14 3:38
SkiErg 4:12 4:33
Run 2 4:40 3:53
Sled push 2:54 2:51
Run 3 4:55 4:02
Sled pull 4:13 3:48
Run 4 4:59 3:56
Burpee broad jump 4:09 3:58
Run 5 5:10 4:01
Row 4:30 4:45
Run 6 5:08 3:56
Farmers carry 2:06 2:01
Run 7 5:06 3:49
Sandbag lunges 5:38 4:33
Run 8 4:47 5:04
Wall balls 5:39 5:56
Roxzone 4:53 7:38
Finish 1:18:06 1:12:14

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nicholas James Gap
Riga 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 1:18:06 1:17:56 0:10 · James faster
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