Derek vs James
USA · Open Men · 1 result Derek Nickel
USA · Open Men · 2 results James Egan
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Derek: Boston 2025, Open Men · James: Boston 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Derek and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Derek: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 7%).James: strongest on Push (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 18%).
See the numbers
| Part | Derek: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 87% | 18% |
| Push | 99% | 88% |
| Pull | 59% | 66% |
| BBJ | 66% | 41% |
| Row | 7% | 28% |
| Carry | 91% | 81% |
| Lunges | 31% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 48% | 36% |
| Roxzone | 43% | 63% |
| Runs | 25% | 49% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Derek | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 87% | 18% |
| Sled push | 99% | 88% |
| Sled pull | 59% | 66% |
| Burpee broad jump | 66% | 41% |
| Row | 7% | 28% |
| Farmers carry | 91% | 81% |
| Sandbag lunges | 31% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 48% | 36% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 43% | 63% |
| Runs (8 km) | 25% | 49% |
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.Derek · Boston 2025 · Open Men: 49:02 running, 37:05 at the stations and 7:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:02) and the shortest the sled push (1:31).Below, James · Boston 2026 · Open Men: 44:33 running, 40:05 at the stations and 6:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:30).
See the numbers
| Part | Derek · Boston 2025 · Open Men | James · Boston 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:47 | 4:13 |
| SkiErg | 4:16 | 5:02 |
| Run 2 | 4:57 | 5:19 |
| Sled push | 1:31 | 2:49 |
| Run 3 | 6:26 | 5:38 |
| Sled pull | 5:00 | 4:50 |
| Run 4 | 6:10 | 5:49 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:53 | 6:34 |
| Run 5 | 6:58 | 5:50 |
| Row | 5:50 | 5:16 |
| Run 6 | 6:18 | 5:39 |
| Farmers carry | 1:37 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 5:44 | 5:36 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:56 | 5:10 |
| Run 8 | 6:42 | 6:29 |
| Wall balls | 8:02 | 8:30 |
| Roxzone | 7:06 | 6:38 |
| Finish | 1:33:05 | 1:31:08 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Derek | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston 2025 Open Men · 26 Sep 2025 | 1:33:05 | 1:33:02 | 0:03 · James faster |
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