Phil vs Nikesh

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Phil Hough

1:22:12 best Open Men time · London Olympia 2026
1134th of 2,650 place in that race · 2,650 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 10 results

Nikesh Patel

1:21:55 best Open Men time · London Olympia 2026
1116th of 2,650 place in that race · 2,650 Open Men finishers

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

Phil: London Olympia 2026, Open Men · Nikesh: London Olympia 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
PhilNikeshedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Phil and Nikesh sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Phil: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 21%).Nikesh: strongest on BBJ (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 15%).

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Part Phil: faster than Nikesh: faster than
Ski 67% 59%
Push 55% 15%
Pull 32% 22%
BBJ 35% 82%
Row 69% 80%
Carry 21% 24%
Lunges 64% 20%
Wall balls 51% 52%
Roxzone 70% 79%
Runs 62% 68%

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

Part by part

Part Phil Nikesh
SkiErg 67% 59%
Sled push 55% 15%
Sled pull 32% 22%
Burpee broad jump 35% 82%
Row 69% 80%
Farmers carry 21% 24%
Sandbag lunges 64% 20%
Wall balls 51% 52%
Roxzone (moving) 70% 79%
Runs (8 km) 62% 68%

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

Phil · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men1:22:12
4:544:204:232:524:434:564:366:224:514:374:382:444:384:466:337:195:09
Nikesh · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men1:21:55
4:104:244:243:444:395:214:304:194:514:305:012:394:356:416:047:164:54
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.Phil · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 39:16 running, 37:56 at the stations and 5:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:19).Below, Nikesh · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 38:14 running, 38:54 at the stations and 4:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:16).

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Part Phil · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men Nikesh · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:54 4:10
SkiErg 4:20 4:24
Run 2 4:23 4:24
Sled push 2:52 3:44
Run 3 4:43 4:39
Sled pull 4:56 5:21
Run 4 4:36 4:30
Burpee broad jump 6:22 4:19
Run 5 4:51 4:51
Row 4:37 4:30
Run 6 4:38 5:01
Farmers carry 2:44 2:39
Run 7 4:38 4:35
Sandbag lunges 4:46 6:41
Run 8 6:33 6:04
Wall balls 7:19 7:16
Roxzone 5:09 4:54
Finish 1:22:12 1:21:55

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Phil Nikesh Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 28 Oct 2026 1:22:17 1:22:19 0:02 · Phil faster
London Olympia 2026 Open Men · 24 Mar 2026 1:22:12 1:21:55 0:17 · Nikesh faster
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