Marcus vs Nicholas

AUS AUS · Open Men · 5 results

Marcus Whelan

1:26:20 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
1306th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Nicholas Mechtler

1:28:50 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
1936th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Marcus: Sydney 2025, Open Men · Nicholas: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Marcus and Nicholas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Marcus: strongest on Ski (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 26%).Nicholas: strongest on Push (faster than 66% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 24%).

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Part Marcus: faster than Nicholas: faster than
Ski 60% 51%
Push 27% 66%
Pull 58% 27%
BBJ 36% 56%
Row 27% 49%
Carry 48% 24%
Lunges 39% 25%
Wall balls 26% 60%
Roxzone 30% 52%
Runs 43% 36%

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

Part by part

Part Marcus Nicholas
SkiErg 60% 51%
Sled push 27% 66%
Sled pull 58% 27%
Burpee broad jump 36% 56%
Row 27% 49%
Farmers carry 48% 24%
Sandbag lunges 39% 25%
Wall balls 26% 60%
Roxzone (moving) 30% 52%
Runs (8 km) 43% 36%

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

Marcus · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:26:20
3:474:164:132:384:344:224:385:555:034:544:512:114:565:407:107:519:28
Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:28:50
4:074:264:372:245:025:155:095:275:314:465:252:294:556:517:326:278:36
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.Marcus · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 39:12 running, 37:47 at the stations and 9:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:51).Below, Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 42:19 running, 38:05 at the stations and 8:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:51) and the shortest the sled push (2:24).

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Part Marcus · Sydney 2025 · Open Men Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:47 4:07
SkiErg 4:16 4:26
Run 2 4:13 4:37
Sled push 2:38 2:24
Run 3 4:34 5:02
Sled pull 4:22 5:15
Run 4 4:38 5:09
Burpee broad jump 5:55 5:27
Run 5 5:03 5:31
Row 4:54 4:46
Run 6 4:51 5:25
Farmers carry 2:11 2:29
Run 7 4:56 4:55
Sandbag lunges 5:40 6:51
Run 8 7:10 7:32
Wall balls 7:51 6:27
Roxzone 9:28 8:36
Finish 1:26:20 1:28:50

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Marcus Nicholas Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:28:50 1:28:50 level
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