Ben vs Nick

GHA GHA · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Hanson

1:18:46 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1013th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Nick Melson

1:18:46 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1012th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Nick: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
BenNickedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Ben and Nick sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Runs (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 28%).Nick: strongest on Row (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 44%).

See the numbers
Part Ben: faster than Nick: faster than
Ski 65% 45%
Push 28% 55%
Pull 51% 49%
BBJ 45% 45%
Row 44% 78%
Carry 50% 76%
Lunges 66% 67%
Wall balls 58% 44%
Roxzone 51% 70%
Runs 74% 69%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Ben Nick
SkiErg 65% 45%
Sled push 28% 55%
Sled pull 51% 49%
Burpee broad jump 45% 45%
Row 44% 78%
Farmers carry 50% 76%
Sandbag lunges 66% 67%
Wall balls 58% 44%
Roxzone (moving) 51% 70%
Runs (8 km) 74% 69%

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

Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:18:46
4:424:284:233:304:394:214:436:044:434:534:572:434:294:315:246:243:56
Nick · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:18:46
5:244:374:313:014:404:244:396:054:514:335:012:194:284:305:157:093:21
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.Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 38:00 running, 36:55 at the stations and 3:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:24).Below, Nick · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 38:50 running, 36:38 at the stations and 3:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:09).

See the numbers
Part Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Nick · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:42 5:24
SkiErg 4:28 4:37
Run 2 4:23 4:31
Sled push 3:30 3:01
Run 3 4:39 4:40
Sled pull 4:21 4:24
Run 4 4:43 4:39
Burpee broad jump 6:04 6:05
Run 5 4:43 4:51
Row 4:53 4:33
Run 6 4:57 5:01
Farmers carry 2:43 2:19
Run 7 4:29 4:28
Sandbag lunges 4:31 4:30
Run 8 5:24 5:15
Wall balls 6:24 7:09
Roxzone 3:56 3:21
Finish 1:18:46 1:18:46

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ben Nick Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:18:46 1:18:46 level
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