Nick vs Michael

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Nick Wardle

1:50:24 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
3537th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 10 results

Michael Hughes

1:43:55 best Open Men time · London 2024
1987th of 2,324 place in that race · 2,324 Open Men finishers

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

Nick: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Michael: London 2024, Open Men

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

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%).

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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

Nick · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:50:24
6:524:355:524:215:486:095:487:565:405:085:582:115:478:557:1713:029:12
Michael · London 2024 · Open Men1:43:55
6:284:425:063:325:216:185:437:505:525:206:042:076:007:397:449:119:07
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.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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