Nick vs Michael
Nick Wardle
Michael Hughes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nick: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Michael: London 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Nick and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nick: strongest on Carry (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 50% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nick: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 39% | 19% |
| Push | 17% | 29% |
| Pull | 22% | 22% |
| BBJ | 15% | 19% |
| Row | 24% | 12% |
| Carry | 47% | 50% |
| Lunges | 5% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 7% | 18% |
| Roxzone | 13% | 24% |
| Runs | 13% | 13% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nick | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 39% | 19% |
| Sled push | 17% | 29% |
| Sled pull | 22% | 22% |
| Burpee broad jump | 15% | 19% |
| Row | 24% | 12% |
| Farmers carry | 47% | 50% |
| Sandbag lunges | 5% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 7% | 18% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 13% | 24% |
| Runs (8 km) | 13% | 13% |
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.Nick · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 49:02 running, 52:16 at the stations and 9:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:02).Below, Michael · London 2024 · Open Men: 48:19 running, 46:38 at the stations and 9:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:11).
See the numbers
| Part | Nick · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Michael · London 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:52 | 6:28 |
| SkiErg | 4:35 | 4:42 |
| Run 2 | 5:52 | 5:06 |
| Sled push | 4:21 | 3:32 |
| Run 3 | 5:48 | 5:21 |
| Sled pull | 6:09 | 6:18 |
| Run 4 | 5:48 | 5:43 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:56 | 7:50 |
| Run 5 | 5:40 | 5:52 |
| Row | 5:08 | 5:20 |
| Run 6 | 5:58 | 6:04 |
| Farmers carry | 2:11 | 2:07 |
| Run 7 | 5:47 | 6:00 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:55 | 7:39 |
| Run 8 | 7:17 | 7:44 |
| Wall balls | 13:02 | 9:11 |
| Roxzone | 9:12 | 9:07 |
| Finish | 1:50:24 | 1:43:55 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Nick | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 | 1:56:27 | 1:56:34 | 0:07 · Nick faster |
| Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 | 2:21:04 | 1:46:14 | 34:50 · Michael faster |
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