Nicholas vs Cesar
USA · Open Men · 1 result Nicholas Watson
USA · Open Men · 2 results Cesar Romero
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Cesar: Houston 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and Cesar sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Push (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 17%).Cesar: strongest on Runs (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 17%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Cesar: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 58% | 20% |
| Push | 91% | 17% |
| Pull | 53% | 19% |
| BBJ | 37% | 65% |
| Row | 32% | 26% |
| Carry | 53% | 51% |
| Lunges | 74% | 56% |
| Wall balls | 17% | 17% |
| Roxzone | 33% | 45% |
| Runs | 52% | 81% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | Cesar |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 58% | 20% |
| Sled push | 91% | 17% |
| Sled pull | 53% | 19% |
| Burpee broad jump | 37% | 65% |
| Row | 32% | 26% |
| Farmers carry | 53% | 51% |
| Sandbag lunges | 74% | 56% |
| Wall balls | 17% | 17% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 33% | 45% |
| Runs (8 km) | 52% | 81% |
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.Nicholas · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 45:05 running, 41:08 at the stations and 7:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:02) and the shortest the sled push (1:54).Below, Cesar · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 37:32 running, 46:08 at the stations and 8:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:20).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas · Chicago 2025 · Open Men | Cesar · Houston 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:01 | 4:25 |
| SkiErg | 4:26 | 5:02 |
| Run 2 | 5:04 | 5:52 |
| Sled push | 1:54 | 4:18 |
| Run 3 | 5:36 | 4:21 |
| Sled pull | 5:08 | 7:14 |
| Run 4 | 5:52 | 4:21 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:52 | 5:16 |
| Run 5 | 6:15 | 4:23 |
| Row | 5:07 | 5:21 |
| Run 6 | 5:48 | 4:21 |
| Farmers carry | 2:06 | 2:15 |
| Run 7 | 5:48 | 4:18 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:33 | 5:23 |
| Run 8 | 6:40 | 5:31 |
| Wall balls | 11:02 | 11:20 |
| Roxzone | 7:55 | 8:38 |
| Finish | 1:33:58 | 1:32:11 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Cesar | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago 2025 Open Men · 14 Nov 2025 | 1:33:58 | 1:34:01 | 0:03 · Nicholas faster |
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