Nathan vs Balaji

IRL IRL · Open Men · 1 result

Nathan Crampton

1:57:11 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2577th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
IND IND · Open Men · 4 results

Balaji Rajendran

1:40:32 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
3193rd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Nathan: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Balaji: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nathan and Balaji sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nathan: strongest on BBJ (faster than 19% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).Balaji: strongest on BBJ (faster than 32% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Nathan: faster than Balaji: faster than
Ski 1% 14%
Push 4% 4%
Pull 3% 5%
BBJ 19% 32%
Row 7% 8%
Carry 14% 18%
Lunges 11% 14%
Wall balls 7% 26%
Roxzone 4% 22%
Runs 8% 24%

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

Part by part

Part Nathan Balaji
SkiErg 1% 14%
Sled push 4% 4%
Sled pull 3% 5%
Burpee broad jump 19% 32%
Row 7% 8%
Farmers carry 14% 18%
Sandbag lunges 11% 14%
Wall balls 7% 26%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 22%
Runs (8 km) 8% 24%

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

Nathan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:57:11
6:085:375:444:518:387:367:057:466:365:396:473:396:077:217:1211:438:46
Balaji · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:40:32
6:465:005:065:165:166:575:366:275:165:355:592:435:297:065:168:518:00
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.Nathan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 54:16 running, 54:13 at the stations and 8:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:43).Below, Balaji · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 44:44 running, 47:55 at the stations and 8:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:51).

See the numbers
Part Nathan · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Balaji · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 6:08 6:46
SkiErg 5:37 5:00
Run 2 5:44 5:06
Sled push 4:51 5:16
Run 3 8:38 5:16
Sled pull 7:36 6:57
Run 4 7:05 5:36
Burpee broad jump 7:46 6:27
Run 5 6:36 5:16
Row 5:39 5:35
Run 6 6:47 5:59
Farmers carry 3:39 2:43
Run 7 6:07 5:29
Sandbag lunges 7:21 7:06
Run 8 7:12 5:16
Wall balls 11:43 8:51
Roxzone 8:46 8:00
Finish 1:57:11 1:40:32

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nathan Balaji Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:57:11 1:57:20 0:09 · Nathan faster
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