Andrew vs Alex

GBR GBR · Open Men · 10 results

Andrew Nicholson

1:48:04 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
2442nd of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Alex Lydall

2:15:56 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
2494th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers

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

Andrew: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Alex: Manchester 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Andrew and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Andrew: strongest on Pull (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 6%).Alex: strongest on Pull (faster than 17% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 0%).

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Part Andrew: faster than Alex: faster than
Ski 21% 15%
Push 15% 6%
Pull 40% 17%
BBJ 10% 4%
Row 9% 9%
Carry 6% 13%
Lunges 11% 0%
Wall balls 28% 2%
Roxzone 11% 9%
Runs 8% 4%

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

Part by part

Part Andrew Alex
SkiErg 21% 15%
Sled push 15% 6%
Sled pull 40% 17%
Burpee broad jump 10% 4%
Row 9% 9%
Farmers carry 6% 13%
Sandbag lunges 11% 0%
Wall balls 28% 2%
Roxzone (moving) 11% 9%
Runs (8 km) 8% 4%

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

Andrew · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:48:04
7:194:406:033:336:195:096:158:486:465:245:593:126:067:226:378:0210:38
Alex · Manchester 2026 · Open Men2:15:56
4:464:456:553:457:245:418:1810:229:055:248:222:578:5615:337:3016:0210:19
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.Andrew · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 51:25 running, 46:10 at the stations and 10:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:48).Below, Alex · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 1:01:16 running, 1:04:29 at the stations and 10:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:02).

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Part Andrew · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Alex · Manchester 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:19 4:46
SkiErg 4:40 4:45
Run 2 6:03 6:55
Sled push 3:33 3:45
Run 3 6:19 7:24
Sled pull 5:09 5:41
Run 4 6:15 8:18
Burpee broad jump 8:48 10:22
Run 5 6:46 9:05
Row 5:24 5:24
Run 6 5:59 8:22
Farmers carry 3:12 2:57
Run 7 6:06 8:56
Sandbag lunges 7:22 15:33
Run 8 6:37 7:30
Wall balls 8:02 16:02
Roxzone 10:38 10:19
Finish 1:48:04 2:15:56

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Andrew Alex Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 2:22:35 2:22:57 0:22 · Andrew faster
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