Chris vs Nigel

NZL NZL · Open Men · 1 result

Chris Hughes

1:27:07 best Open Men time · Auckland 2025
344th of 848 place in that race · 848 Open Men finishers
NZL NZL · Open Men · 4 results

Nigel Middleton

1:22:50 best Open Men time · Auckland 2026
350th of 1,138 place in that race · 1,138 Open Men finishers

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

Chris: Auckland 2025, Open Men · Nigel: Auckland 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Chris and Nigel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chris: strongest on Ski (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 33%).Nigel: strongest on Carry (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 35%).

See the numbers
Part Chris: faster than Nigel: faster than
Ski 73% 91%
Push 33% 35%
Pull 44% 68%
BBJ 55% 84%
Row 52% 59%
Carry 72% 93%
Lunges 46% 63%
Wall balls 43% 78%
Roxzone 67% 80%
Runs 65% 52%

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

Part by part

Part Chris Nigel
SkiErg 73% 91%
Sled push 33% 35%
Sled pull 44% 68%
Burpee broad jump 55% 84%
Row 52% 59%
Farmers carry 72% 93%
Sandbag lunges 46% 63%
Wall balls 43% 78%
Roxzone (moving) 67% 80%
Runs (8 km) 65% 52%

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

Chris · Auckland 2025 · Open Men1:27:07
4:534:084:443:095:465:245:125:565:074:545:181:585:245:475:457:216:19
Nigel · Auckland 2026 · Open Men1:22:50
5:124:034:573:415:114:315:334:315:374:515:391:325:475:116:375:334:33
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.Chris · Auckland 2025 · Open Men: 42:09 running, 38:37 at the stations and 6:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:21).Below, Nigel · Auckland 2026 · Open Men: 44:33 running, 33:53 at the stations and 4:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:33).

See the numbers
Part Chris · Auckland 2025 · Open Men Nigel · Auckland 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:53 5:12
SkiErg 4:08 4:03
Run 2 4:44 4:57
Sled push 3:09 3:41
Run 3 5:46 5:11
Sled pull 5:24 4:31
Run 4 5:12 5:33
Burpee broad jump 5:56 4:31
Run 5 5:07 5:37
Row 4:54 4:51
Run 6 5:18 5:39
Farmers carry 1:58 1:32
Run 7 5:24 5:47
Sandbag lunges 5:47 5:11
Run 8 5:45 6:37
Wall balls 7:21 5:33
Roxzone 6:19 4:33
Finish 1:27:07 1:22:50

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Chris Nigel Gap
Auckland 2025 Open Men · 1 Feb 2025 1:27:07 1:27:05 0:02 · Nigel faster
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