Zach vs Nelson
USA · Open Men · 1 result Zach Backus
USA · Open Men · 3 results Nelson Fuentes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Zach: Atlanta 2025, Open Men · Nelson: Phoenix 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Zach and Nelson sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Zach: strongest on Push (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 13%).Nelson: strongest on Push (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).
See the numbers
| Part | Zach: faster than | Nelson: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 71% | 11% |
| Push | 80% | 69% |
| Pull | 62% | 44% |
| BBJ | 31% | 54% |
| Row | 43% | 45% |
| Carry | 80% | 56% |
| Lunges | 13% | 59% |
| Wall balls | 73% | 31% |
| Roxzone | 31% | 49% |
| Runs | 31% | 58% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Zach | Nelson |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 71% | 11% |
| Sled push | 80% | 69% |
| Sled pull | 62% | 44% |
| Burpee broad jump | 31% | 54% |
| Row | 43% | 45% |
| Farmers carry | 80% | 56% |
| Sandbag lunges | 13% | 59% |
| Wall balls | 73% | 31% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 31% | 49% |
| Runs (8 km) | 31% | 58% |
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.Zach · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 46:35 running, 39:25 at the stations and 10:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:02).Below, Nelson · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 42:07 running, 38:07 at the stations and 7:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:08).
See the numbers
| Part | Zach · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men | Nelson · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:18 | 5:03 |
| SkiErg | 4:23 | 5:00 |
| Run 2 | 5:57 | 4:51 |
| Sled push | 2:33 | 2:39 |
| Run 3 | 5:59 | 5:23 |
| Sled pull | 5:03 | 4:44 |
| Run 4 | 5:46 | 5:06 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:50 | 5:30 |
| Run 5 | 5:57 | 5:28 |
| Row | 5:01 | 5:02 |
| Run 6 | 6:02 | 5:14 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 2:01 |
| Run 7 | 6:24 | 5:20 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:02 | 5:03 |
| Run 8 | 7:12 | 5:42 |
| Wall balls | 5:41 | 8:08 |
| Roxzone | 10:05 | 7:07 |
| Finish | 1:36:05 | 1:27:13 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Zach | Nelson | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta 2025 Open Men · 26 Apr 2025 | 1:36:05 | 1:35:57 | 0:08 · Nelson faster |
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