Nicholas vs Ben

AUS AUS · Open Men · 4 results

Nicholas Russell

1:24:13 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
1542nd of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 1 result

Ben Watt

1:24:14 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
1543rd of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Nicholas: Sydney 2026, Open Men · Ben: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nicholas and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Row (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 34%).Ben: strongest on Push (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 25%).

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Part Nicholas: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 59% 46%
Push 58% 83%
Pull 38% 54%
BBJ 34% 25%
Row 75% 27%
Carry 35% 27%
Lunges 62% 30%
Wall balls 48% 55%
Roxzone 58% 43%
Runs 56% 68%

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

Part by part

Part Nicholas Ben
SkiErg 59% 46%
Sled push 58% 83%
Sled pull 38% 54%
Burpee broad jump 34% 25%
Row 75% 27%
Farmers carry 35% 27%
Sandbag lunges 62% 30%
Wall balls 48% 55%
Roxzone (moving) 58% 43%
Runs (8 km) 56% 68%

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

Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:24:13
3:584:224:202:314:454:514:496:294:554:314:472:174:245:086:467:108:18
Ben · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:24:14
3:564:284:022:094:124:214:157:054:315:014:472:254:306:326:256:448:59
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.Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 38:44 running, 37:19 at the stations and 8:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:10).Below, Ben · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 36:38 running, 38:45 at the stations and 8:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:05) and the shortest the sled push (2:09).

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Part Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men Ben · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:58 3:56
SkiErg 4:22 4:28
Run 2 4:20 4:02
Sled push 2:31 2:09
Run 3 4:45 4:12
Sled pull 4:51 4:21
Run 4 4:49 4:15
Burpee broad jump 6:29 7:05
Run 5 4:55 4:31
Row 4:31 5:01
Run 6 4:47 4:47
Farmers carry 2:17 2:25
Run 7 4:24 4:30
Sandbag lunges 5:08 6:32
Run 8 6:46 6:25
Wall balls 7:10 6:44
Roxzone 8:18 8:59
Finish 1:24:13 1:24:14

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nicholas Ben Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:24:13 1:24:14 0:01 · Nicholas faster
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