Brian vs Alex
USA · Open Men · 3 results Brian Niess
USA · Open Men · 7 results Alex Bardakh
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Brian: New York 2025, Open Men · Alex: New York 2025, Open Men
no splitRuns
This chart shows where Brian and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Push (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 12%).Alex: strongest on BBJ (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 6%).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian: faster than | Alex: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 16% | 32% |
| Push | 85% | 24% |
| Pull | 12% | 37% |
| BBJ | 40% | 68% |
| Row | 27% | 30% |
| Carry | 48% | 23% |
| Lunges | 53% | 24% |
| Wall balls | 43% | 30% |
| Roxzone | 26% | no split |
| Runs | 49% | 6% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Brian | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 16% | 32% |
| Sled push | 85% | 24% |
| Sled pull | 12% | 37% |
| Burpee broad jump | 40% | 68% |
| Row | 27% | 30% |
| Farmers carry | 48% | 23% |
| Sandbag lunges | 53% | 24% |
| Wall balls | 43% | 30% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 26% | — |
| Runs (8 km) | 49% | 6% |
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.Brian · New York 2025 · Open Men: 43:44 running, 38:26 at the stations and 7:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:17) and the shortest the sled push (2:01).Below, Alex · New York 2025 · Open Men: 1:27:20 running and 39:25 at the stations; the longest station was the wall balls (8:10).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian · New York 2025 · Open Men | Alex · New York 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:26 | 7:17 |
| SkiErg | 4:56 | 4:43 |
| Run 2 | 5:05 | — |
| Sled push | 2:01 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 5:09 | 5:02 |
| Sled pull | 5:29 | 4:23 |
| Run 4 | 5:06 | 10:28 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:57 | 4:43 |
| Run 5 | 5:30 | 15:02 |
| Row | 5:10 | 5:08 |
| Run 6 | 5:20 | 15:36 |
| Farmers carry | 2:23 | 2:50 |
| Run 7 | 5:21 | 14:08 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:14 | 6:31 |
| Run 8 | 6:48 | 19:48 |
| Wall balls | 7:17 | 8:10 |
| Roxzone | 7:38 | — |
| Finish | 1:29:42 | 1:29:33 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Brian | Alex | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 | 1:29:42 | 1:29:33 | 0:09 · Alex faster |
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