Nicholas vs Brendon
AUS · Open Men · 4 results Nicholas Orpwood
AUS · Open Men · 1 result Brendon Gordo
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Brendon: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and Brendon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on BBJ (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 23%).Brendon: strongest on Push (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 30%).
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| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Brendon: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 76% | 64% |
| Push | 56% | 84% |
| Pull | 41% | 36% |
| BBJ | 89% | 65% |
| Row | 62% | 69% |
| Carry | 23% | 30% |
| Lunges | 86% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 72% | 79% |
| Roxzone | 69% | 55% |
| Runs | 55% | 57% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | Brendon |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 76% | 64% |
| Sled push | 56% | 84% |
| Sled pull | 41% | 36% |
| Burpee broad jump | 89% | 65% |
| Row | 62% | 69% |
| Farmers carry | 23% | 30% |
| Sandbag lunges | 86% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 72% | 79% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 69% | 55% |
| Runs (8 km) | 55% | 57% |
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.Nicholas · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 37:55 running, 32:30 at the stations and 8:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:32).Below, Brendon · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 38:31 running, 35:08 at the stations and 8:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:18) and the shortest the sled push (2:08).
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| Part | Nicholas · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men | Brendon · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:47 | 4:12 |
| SkiErg | 4:15 | 4:20 |
| Run 2 | 4:22 | 4:10 |
| Sled push | 2:34 | 2:08 |
| Run 3 | 4:41 | 4:28 |
| Sled pull | 5:05 | 4:53 |
| Run 4 | 5:16 | 4:33 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:49 | 5:05 |
| Run 5 | 5:43 | 4:35 |
| Row | 4:40 | 4:34 |
| Run 6 | 4:42 | 4:49 |
| Farmers carry | 2:33 | 2:22 |
| Run 7 | 4:50 | 5:01 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:02 | 6:18 |
| Run 8 | 5:34 | 6:42 |
| Wall balls | 5:32 | 5:28 |
| Roxzone | 8:16 | 8:27 |
| Finish | 1:18:32 | 1:21:58 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Brendon | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 | 1:21:58 | 1:21:58 | level |
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