Eric vs Shay
USA · Open Men · 2 results Eric Nichols
USA · Open Men · 2 results Shay Thayer
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Eric: Houston 2026, Open Men · Shay: Houston 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Eric and Shay sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Eric: strongest on Runs (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 8%).Shay: strongest on BBJ (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).
See the numbers
| Part | Eric: faster than | Shay: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 17% | 11% |
| Push | 51% | 49% |
| Pull | 51% | 34% |
| BBJ | 29% | 84% |
| Row | 26% | 33% |
| Carry | 8% | 38% |
| Lunges | 45% | 78% |
| Wall balls | 51% | 30% |
| Roxzone | 50% | 72% |
| Runs | 60% | 43% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Eric | Shay |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 17% | 11% |
| Sled push | 51% | 49% |
| Sled pull | 51% | 34% |
| Burpee broad jump | 29% | 84% |
| Row | 26% | 33% |
| Farmers carry | 8% | 38% |
| Sandbag lunges | 45% | 78% |
| Wall balls | 51% | 30% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 50% | 72% |
| Runs (8 km) | 60% | 43% |
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.Eric · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 42:12 running, 43:13 at the stations and 8:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:42) and the shortest the sled push (3:13).Below, Shay · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 46:01 running, 40:53 at the stations and 6:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:31).
See the numbers
| Part | Eric · Houston 2026 · Open Men | Shay · Houston 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:02 | 6:17 |
| SkiErg | 5:04 | 5:12 |
| Run 2 | 5:05 | 5:25 |
| Sled push | 3:13 | 3:15 |
| Run 3 | 4:58 | 5:38 |
| Sled pull | 5:41 | 6:21 |
| Run 4 | 5:13 | 5:44 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:04 | 4:23 |
| Run 5 | 5:10 | 5:50 |
| Row | 5:21 | 5:14 |
| Run 6 | 5:06 | 5:34 |
| Farmers carry | 3:16 | 2:25 |
| Run 7 | 5:02 | 5:41 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:51 | 4:32 |
| Run 8 | 5:36 | 5:53 |
| Wall balls | 7:42 | 9:31 |
| Roxzone | 8:24 | 6:58 |
| Finish | 1:33:42 | 1:33:44 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Eric | Shay | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 | 1:33:42 | 1:33:44 | 0:02 · Eric faster |
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