Preston vs Nicholas

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Preston Edwards

1:38:41 best Open Men time · Phoenix 2026
1076th of 1,563 place in that race · 1,563 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Nicholas Friske

1:38:41 best Open Men time · Phoenix 2026
1077th of 1,563 place in that race · 1,563 Open Men finishers

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

Preston: Phoenix 2026, Open Men · Nicholas: Phoenix 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Preston and Nicholas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Preston: strongest on Push (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 6%).Nicholas: strongest on Push (faster than 49% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 7%).

See the numbers
Part Preston: faster than Nicholas: faster than
Ski 6% 7%
Push 69% 49%
Pull 16% 28%
BBJ 34% 26%
Row 11% 17%
Carry 41% 39%
Lunges 29% 49%
Wall balls 63% 29%
Roxzone 25% 39%
Runs 29% 29%

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

Part by part

Part Preston Nicholas
SkiErg 6% 7%
Sled push 69% 49%
Sled pull 16% 28%
Burpee broad jump 34% 26%
Row 11% 17%
Farmers carry 41% 39%
Sandbag lunges 29% 49%
Wall balls 63% 29%
Roxzone (moving) 25% 39%
Runs (8 km) 29% 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

Preston · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men1:38:41
5:235:145:232:396:095:526:216:316:225:386:052:106:036:197:276:198:53
Nicholas · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men1:38:41
5:215:095:312:586:195:166:247:026:335:276:102:116:045:256:478:297:43
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.Preston · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 49:13 running, 40:43 at the stations and 8:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:31).Below, Nicholas · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 49:10 running, 41:57 at the stations and 7:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:29).

See the numbers
Part Preston · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men Nicholas · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:23 5:21
SkiErg 5:14 5:09
Run 2 5:23 5:31
Sled push 2:39 2:58
Run 3 6:09 6:19
Sled pull 5:52 5:16
Run 4 6:21 6:24
Burpee broad jump 6:31 7:02
Run 5 6:22 6:33
Row 5:38 5:27
Run 6 6:05 6:10
Farmers carry 2:10 2:11
Run 7 6:03 6:04
Sandbag lunges 6:19 5:25
Run 8 7:27 6:47
Wall balls 6:19 8:29
Roxzone 8:53 7:43
Finish 1:38:41 1:38:41

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Preston Nicholas Gap
Phoenix 2026 Open Men · 30 Jan 2026 1:38:41 1:38:41 level
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