Nelson vs Christopher

USA USA · Open Men · 7 results

Nelson Romero

1:04:18 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2025
52nd of 1,544 place in that race · 1,544 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 18 results

Christopher Tonzola

1:06:58 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2025
86th of 1,544 place in that race · 1,544 Open Men finishers

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

Nelson: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Christopher: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nelson and Christopher sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nelson: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 46%).Christopher: strongest on Ski (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 83%).

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Part Nelson: faster than Christopher: faster than
Ski 99% 97%
Push 46% 87%
Pull 97% 87%
BBJ 78% 83%
Row 95% 83%
Carry 85% 83%
Lunges 82% 84%
Wall balls 70% 92%
Roxzone 90% 96%
Runs 98% 93%

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

Part by part

Part Nelson Christopher
SkiErg 99% 97%
Sled push 46% 87%
Sled pull 97% 87%
Burpee broad jump 78% 83%
Row 95% 83%
Farmers carry 85% 83%
Sandbag lunges 82% 84%
Wall balls 70% 92%
Roxzone (moving) 90% 96%
Runs (8 km) 98% 93%

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

Nelson · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:07:27
4:324:003:333:083:483:243:474:264:004:193:591:423:574:113:405:595:10
Christopher · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:07:30
4:584:043:532:214:124:044:094:134:174:323:581:434:024:073:434:394:44
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.Nelson · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 31:16 running, 31:08 at the stations and 5:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:59).Below, Christopher · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 33:12 running, 29:44 at the stations and 4:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:39).

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Part Nelson · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Christopher · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:32 4:58
SkiErg 4:00 4:04
Run 2 3:33 3:53
Sled push 3:08 2:21
Run 3 3:48 4:12
Sled pull 3:24 4:04
Run 4 3:47 4:09
Burpee broad jump 4:26 4:13
Run 5 4:00 4:17
Row 4:19 4:32
Run 6 3:59 3:58
Farmers carry 1:42 1:43
Run 7 3:57 4:02
Sandbag lunges 4:11 4:07
Run 8 3:40 3:43
Wall balls 5:59 4:39
Roxzone 5:10 4:44
Finish 1:07:27 1:07:30

Head to head: 4 races they both ran

Race Nelson Christopher Gap
New York 2026 Doubles Men · 28 May 2026 59:00 1:16:24 17:24 · Nelson faster
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 7 Mar 2026 1:07:27 1:07:30 0:03 · Nelson faster
Boston 2025 Doubles Men · 26 Sep 2025 57:53 1:03:27 5:34 · Nelson faster
Washington DC 2025 Open Men · 29 Mar 2025 1:04:18 1:06:58 2:40 · Nelson faster
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