Nicholas vs Alex
NZL · Open Men · 3 results Nicholas Macdonald
AUS · Open Men · 5 results Alex Robynson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Alex: Melbourne 2024, Open Men
no splitRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
This chart shows where Nicholas and Alex 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 94% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 9%).Alex: strongest on Pull (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 3%).
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| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Alex: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 94% | 8% |
| Push | 54% | 44% |
| Pull | 84% | 55% |
| BBJ | 36% | no split |
| Row | 45% | 22% |
| Carry | 48% | 16% |
| Lunges | 40% | 21% |
| Wall balls | 70% | 44% |
| Roxzone | 19% | 3% |
| Runs | 9% | 29% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 94% | 8% |
| Sled push | 54% | 44% |
| Sled pull | 84% | 55% |
| Burpee broad jump | 36% | — |
| Row | 45% | 22% |
| Farmers carry | 48% | 16% |
| Sandbag lunges | 40% | 21% |
| Wall balls | 70% | 44% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 19% | 3% |
| Runs (8 km) | 9% | 29% |
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 · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 51:20 running, 34:40 at the stations and 11:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:56).Below, Alex · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men: 45:40 running, 32:47 at the stations and 15:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:43) and the shortest the sled push (2:22).
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| Part | Nicholas · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men | Alex · Melbourne 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:17 | 3:29 |
| SkiErg | 4:03 | 4:50 |
| Run 2 | 5:53 | 5:46 |
| Sled push | 2:36 | 2:22 |
| Run 3 | 6:20 | 5:47 |
| Sled pull | 3:53 | 4:40 |
| Run 4 | 6:51 | 5:51 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:56 | — |
| Run 5 | 6:50 | 5:59 |
| Row | 4:50 | 5:09 |
| Run 6 | 7:10 | 5:56 |
| Farmers carry | 2:07 | 2:40 |
| Run 7 | 7:01 | 5:56 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:38 | 6:43 |
| Run 8 | 7:59 | 6:57 |
| Wall balls | 5:38 | 6:23 |
| Roxzone | 11:26 | 15:38 |
| Finish | 1:37:20 | 1:34:05 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Alex | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:37:20 | 1:37:21 | 0:01 · Nicholas faster |
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