Nathan vs Neil

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Nathan Ricks

1:49:10 best Open Men time · Salt Lake City 2026
962nd of 1,296 place in that race · 1,296 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Neil Poulsen

1:49:20 best Open Men time · Salt Lake City 2026
964th of 1,296 place in that race · 1,296 Open Men finishers

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

Nathan: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men · Neil: Salt Lake City 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJ
no split
RowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
NathanNeiledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Nathan and Neil sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nathan: strongest on Push (faster than 37% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 3%).Neil: strongest on Ski (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 17%).

See the numbers
Part Nathan: faster than Neil: faster than
Ski 22% 70%
Push 37% 59%
Pull 20% 17%
BBJ no split 22%
Row 23% 30%
Carry 15% 22%
Lunges 25% 25%
Wall balls 36% 40%
Roxzone 3% 46%
Runs 30% 17%

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

Part by part

Part Nathan Neil
SkiErg 22% 70%
Sled push 37% 59%
Sled pull 20% 17%
Burpee broad jump — 22%
Row 23% 30%
Farmers carry 15% 22%
Sandbag lunges 25% 25%
Wall balls 36% 40%
Roxzone (moving) 3% 46%
Runs (8 km) 30% 17%

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 · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men1:49:10
3:335:015:473:216:026:106:076:525:286:202:456:306:548:039:1320:56
Neil · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men1:49:20
3:294:329:302:539:376:236:007:476:135:206:052:326:116:526:558:5610:13
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 · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 49:14 running, 38:53 at the stations and 20:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:13).Below, Neil · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men: 54:00 running, 45:14 at the stations and 10:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:56).

See the numbers
Part Nathan · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men Neil · Salt Lake City 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:33 3:29
SkiErg 5:01 4:32
Run 2 5:47 9:30
Sled push 3:21 2:53
Run 3 6:02 9:37
Sled pull 6:10 6:23
Run 4 6:07 6:00
Burpee broad jump — 7:47
Run 5 6:52 6:13
Row 5:28 5:20
Run 6 6:20 6:05
Farmers carry 2:45 2:32
Run 7 6:30 6:11
Sandbag lunges 6:54 6:52
Run 8 8:03 6:55
Wall balls 9:13 8:56
Roxzone 20:56 10:13
Finish 1:49:10 1:49:20

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nathan Neil Gap
Salt Lake City 2026 Open Men · 18 Sep 2026 1:49:10 1:49:20 0:10 · Nathan faster
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