Nelson vs Mervyn

POR POR · Open Men · 2 results

Nelson Jesus

1:32:33 best Open Men time · Málaga 2025
1169th of 1,501 place in that race · 1,501 Open Men finishers
MAS MAS · Open Men · 6 results

Mervyn Lye

1:34:42 best Open Men time · Lisbon 2026
957th of 1,304 place in that race · 1,304 Open Men finishers

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

Nelson: Málaga 2025, Open Men · Mervyn: Lisbon 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nelson and Mervyn sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nelson: strongest on Lunges (faster than 50% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 6%).Mervyn: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 50% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 12%).

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Part Nelson: faster than Mervyn: faster than
Ski 26% 18%
Push 39% 18%
Pull 13% 12%
BBJ 25% 34%
Row 37% 34%
Carry 22% 38%
Lunges 50% 37%
Wall balls 6% 47%
Roxzone 50% 50%
Runs 27% 17%

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

Part by part

Part Nelson Mervyn
SkiErg 26% 18%
Sled push 39% 18%
Sled pull 13% 12%
Burpee broad jump 25% 34%
Row 37% 34%
Farmers carry 22% 38%
Sandbag lunges 50% 37%
Wall balls 6% 47%
Roxzone (moving) 50% 50%
Runs (8 km) 27% 17%

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

Nelson · Málaga 2025 · Open Men1:32:33
4:464:364:593:175:286:055:246:215:205:025:212:357:105:005:309:366:11
Mervyn · Lisbon 2026 · Open Men1:34:42
4:224:515:364:155:506:465:576:056:075:016:132:326:155:286:446:585:51
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.Nelson · Málaga 2025 · Open Men: 43:58 running, 42:31 at the stations and 6:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:36).Below, Mervyn · Lisbon 2026 · Open Men: 47:04 running, 41:56 at the stations and 5:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:58).

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Part Nelson · Málaga 2025 · Open Men Mervyn · Lisbon 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:46 4:22
SkiErg 4:36 4:51
Run 2 4:59 5:36
Sled push 3:17 4:15
Run 3 5:28 5:50
Sled pull 6:05 6:46
Run 4 5:24 5:57
Burpee broad jump 6:21 6:05
Run 5 5:20 6:07
Row 5:02 5:01
Run 6 5:21 6:13
Farmers carry 2:35 2:32
Run 7 7:10 6:15
Sandbag lunges 5:00 5:28
Run 8 5:30 6:44
Wall balls 9:36 6:58
Roxzone 6:11 5:51
Finish 1:32:33 1:34:42

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nelson Mervyn Gap
Lisbon 2026 Open Men · 1 May 2026 1:34:33 1:34:42 0:09 · Nelson faster
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