Nelson vs James

AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Nelson Wells

2:07:39 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
2067th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers
ATA · Open Men · 2 results

James Aslanis

1:49:46 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
2925th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Nelson: Sydney 2025, Open Men · James: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nelson and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nelson: strongest on Carry (faster than 12% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).James: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 49% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 2%).

See the numbers
Part Nelson: faster than James: faster than
Ski 7% 38%
Push 4% 21%
Pull 7% 13%
BBJ 1% 16%
Row 3% 2%
Carry 12% 31%
Lunges 1% 16%
Wall balls 8% 49%
Roxzone 1% 2%
Runs 3% 12%

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

Part by part

Part Nelson James
SkiErg 7% 38%
Sled push 4% 21%
Sled pull 7% 13%
Burpee broad jump 1% 16%
Row 3% 2%
Farmers carry 12% 31%
Sandbag lunges 1% 16%
Wall balls 8% 49%
Roxzone (moving) 1% 2%
Runs (8 km) 3% 12%

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 · Sydney 2025 · Open Men2:07:39
4:374:535:533:306:116:326:4310:427:095:406:072:537:2711:5010:4610:2816:25
James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:49:46
4:584:325:203:085:206:065:237:526:006:045:292:216:237:4511:117:0714:52
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 · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 54:53 running, 56:28 at the stations and 16:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (11:50).Below, James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 50:03 running, 44:55 at the stations and 14:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:52).

See the numbers
Part Nelson · Sydney 2025 · Open Men James · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:37 4:58
SkiErg 4:53 4:32
Run 2 5:53 5:20
Sled push 3:30 3:08
Run 3 6:11 5:20
Sled pull 6:32 6:06
Run 4 6:43 5:23
Burpee broad jump 10:42 7:52
Run 5 7:09 6:00
Row 5:40 6:04
Run 6 6:07 5:29
Farmers carry 2:53 2:21
Run 7 7:27 6:23
Sandbag lunges 11:50 7:45
Run 8 10:46 11:11
Wall balls 10:28 7:07
Roxzone 16:25 14:52
Finish 2:07:39 1:49:46

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nelson James Gap
Sydney 2025 Open Men · 4 Jul 2025 2:07:39 2:08:16 0:37 · Nelson faster
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