Nathaniel vs Derek

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Nathaniel Polky

1:32:58 best Open Men time · Boston 2025
879th of 1,463 place in that race · 1,463 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Derek Nickel

1:33:05 best Open Men time · Boston 2025
881st of 1,463 place in that race · 1,463 Open Men finishers

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

Nathaniel: Boston 2025, Open Men · Derek: Boston 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nathaniel and Derek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nathaniel: strongest on Push (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 22%).Derek: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 7%).

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Part Nathaniel: faster than Derek: faster than
Ski 41% 87%
Push 93% 99%
Pull 37% 59%
BBJ 22% 66%
Row 46% 7%
Carry 26% 91%
Lunges 38% 31%
Wall balls 58% 48%
Roxzone 33% 43%
Runs 39% 25%

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

Part by part

Part Nathaniel Derek
SkiErg 41% 87%
Sled push 93% 99%
Sled pull 37% 59%
Burpee broad jump 22% 66%
Row 46% 7%
Farmers carry 26% 91%
Sandbag lunges 38% 31%
Wall balls 58% 48%
Roxzone (moving) 33% 43%
Runs (8 km) 39% 25%

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

Nathaniel · Boston 2025 · Open Men1:32:58
5:574:405:081:585:415:415:347:035:364:585:312:285:385:376:397:167:42
Derek · Boston 2025 · Open Men1:33:05
5:474:164:571:316:265:006:104:536:585:506:181:375:445:566:428:027:06
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.Nathaniel · Boston 2025 · Open Men: 45:44 running, 39:42 at the stations and 7:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:16) and the shortest the sled push (1:58).Below, Derek · Boston 2025 · Open Men: 49:02 running, 37:05 at the stations and 7:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:02) and the shortest the sled push (1:31).

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Part Nathaniel · Boston 2025 · Open Men Derek · Boston 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:57 5:47
SkiErg 4:40 4:16
Run 2 5:08 4:57
Sled push 1:58 1:31
Run 3 5:41 6:26
Sled pull 5:41 5:00
Run 4 5:34 6:10
Burpee broad jump 7:03 4:53
Run 5 5:36 6:58
Row 4:58 5:50
Run 6 5:31 6:18
Farmers carry 2:28 1:37
Run 7 5:38 5:44
Sandbag lunges 5:37 5:56
Run 8 6:39 6:42
Wall balls 7:16 8:02
Roxzone 7:42 7:06
Finish 1:32:58 1:33:05

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nathaniel Derek Gap
Boston 2025 Open Men · 26 Sep 2025 1:32:58 1:33:05 0:07 · Nathaniel faster
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