Andrew vs Alex
GBR · Open Men · 10 results Andrew Nicholson
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Alex Knowles
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Andrew: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Alex: London Olympia 2026, Open Men
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 Roxzone (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 28%).
See the numbers
| Part | Andrew: faster than | Alex: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 21% | 45% |
| Push | 15% | 53% |
| Pull | 40% | 39% |
| BBJ | 10% | 39% |
| Row | 9% | 39% |
| Carry | 6% | 28% |
| Lunges | 11% | 51% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 62% |
| Roxzone | 11% | 74% |
| Runs | 8% | 51% |
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% | 45% |
| Sled push | 15% | 53% |
| Sled pull | 40% | 39% |
| Burpee broad jump | 10% | 39% |
| Row | 9% | 39% |
| Farmers carry | 6% | 28% |
| Sandbag lunges | 11% | 51% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 62% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 11% | 74% |
| Runs (8 km) | 8% | 51% |
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
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 · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 41:00 running, 37:43 at the stations and 5:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:43).
See the numbers
| Part | Andrew · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men | Alex · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:19 | 4:45 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 4:31 |
| Run 2 | 6:03 | 4:35 |
| Sled push | 3:33 | 2:54 |
| Run 3 | 6:19 | 4:55 |
| Sled pull | 5:09 | 4:43 |
| Run 4 | 6:15 | 4:51 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:48 | 6:07 |
| Run 5 | 6:46 | 4:59 |
| Row | 5:24 | 4:57 |
| Run 6 | 5:59 | 5:01 |
| Farmers carry | 3:12 | 2:33 |
| Run 7 | 6:06 | 4:59 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:22 | 5:14 |
| Run 8 | 6:37 | 6:55 |
| Wall balls | 8:02 | 6:43 |
| Roxzone | 10:38 | 5:02 |
| Finish | 1:48:04 | 1:23:34 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Andrew | Alex | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Birm Doubles Men · 29 Oct 2026 | 1:34:01 | 1:24:40 | 9:21 · Alex faster |
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 2:22:35 | 2:21:58 | 0:37 · Alex faster |
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