Sam vs Nathan
Sam Ly
Nathan Watts
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Vancouver 2025, Open Men · Nathan: Ottawa 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Nathan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Push (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 34%).Nathan: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 58%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Nathan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 77% | 72% |
| Push | 91% | 87% |
| Pull | 38% | 74% |
| BBJ | 34% | 69% |
| Row | 81% | 88% |
| Carry | 67% | 72% |
| Lunges | 69% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 42% | 97% |
| Roxzone | 36% | 74% |
| Runs | 54% | 58% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Nathan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 77% | 72% |
| Sled push | 91% | 87% |
| Sled pull | 38% | 74% |
| Burpee broad jump | 34% | 69% |
| Row | 81% | 88% |
| Farmers carry | 67% | 72% |
| Sandbag lunges | 69% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 42% | 97% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 36% | 74% |
| Runs (8 km) | 54% | 58% |
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.Sam · Vancouver 2025 · Open Men: 43:18 running, 38:29 at the stations and 10:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:14) and the shortest the sled push (2:00).Below, Nathan · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men: 43:27 running, 31:34 at the stations and 5:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:57).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Vancouver 2025 · Open Men | Nathan · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:00 | 5:10 |
| SkiErg | 4:24 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 5:09 | 5:06 |
| Sled push | 2:00 | 2:26 |
| Run 3 | 5:45 | 5:16 |
| Sled pull | 5:39 | 4:25 |
| Run 4 | 6:06 | 5:17 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:37 | 4:57 |
| Run 5 | 5:43 | 5:33 |
| Row | 4:36 | 4:26 |
| Run 6 | 5:47 | 5:38 |
| Farmers carry | 2:02 | 2:00 |
| Run 7 | 5:29 | 5:35 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:57 | 4:30 |
| Run 8 | 6:19 | 5:52 |
| Wall balls | 8:14 | 4:27 |
| Roxzone | 10:03 | 5:23 |
| Finish | 1:31:40 | 1:20:16 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Nathan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver 2025 Open Men · 20 Dec 2025 | 1:31:40 | 1:31:42 | 0:02 · Sam faster |
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