Richard vs Nick
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Richard Simpson
AUS · Open Men · 8 results Nick Holloway
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Nick: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and Nick sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Carry (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 37%).Nick: strongest on Push (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 63%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | Nick: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 82% | 83% |
| Push | 53% | 90% |
| Pull | 76% | 70% |
| BBJ | 37% | 67% |
| Row | 78% | 77% |
| Carry | 88% | 77% |
| Lunges | 52% | 63% |
| Wall balls | 63% | 67% |
| Roxzone | 64% | 71% |
| Runs | 56% | 65% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | Nick |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 82% | 83% |
| Sled push | 53% | 90% |
| Sled pull | 76% | 70% |
| Burpee broad jump | 37% | 67% |
| Row | 78% | 77% |
| Farmers carry | 88% | 77% |
| Sandbag lunges | 52% | 63% |
| Wall balls | 63% | 67% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 64% | 71% |
| Runs (8 km) | 56% | 65% |
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.Richard · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 39:54 running, 34:58 at the stations and 6:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:30).Below, Nick · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 37:13 running, 32:37 at the stations and 7:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:03).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men | Nick · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:44 | 3:52 |
| SkiErg | 4:09 | 4:11 |
| Run 2 | 4:43 | 4:08 |
| Sled push | 2:49 | 2:01 |
| Run 3 | 4:45 | 4:21 |
| Sled pull | 4:11 | 3:58 |
| Run 4 | 4:52 | 4:27 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:30 | 5:01 |
| Run 5 | 4:55 | 4:43 |
| Row | 4:30 | 4:30 |
| Run 6 | 4:54 | 4:30 |
| Farmers carry | 1:41 | 1:46 |
| Run 7 | 4:47 | 4:34 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:03 | 5:06 |
| Run 8 | 5:14 | 6:38 |
| Wall balls | 6:05 | 6:03 |
| Roxzone | 6:53 | 7:43 |
| Finish | 1:21:38 | 1:17:20 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Richard | Nick | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:24:38 | 1:24:35 | 0:03 · Nick faster |
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