Mike vs Nicholas
CAN · Open Men · 8 results Mike McDonald
USA · Open Men · 2 results Nicholas Brown
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mike: New York 2025, Open Men · Nicholas: Toronto 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Mike and Nicholas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mike: strongest on Pull (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 25%).Nicholas: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 25%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mike: faster than | Nicholas: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 57% | 68% |
| Push | 76% | 82% |
| Pull | 80% | 66% |
| BBJ | 25% | 73% |
| Row | 63% | 73% |
| Carry | 48% | 35% |
| Lunges | 43% | 78% |
| Wall balls | 80% | 96% |
| Roxzone | 47% | 25% |
| Runs | 41% | 66% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mike | Nicholas |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 57% | 68% |
| Sled push | 76% | 82% |
| Sled pull | 80% | 66% |
| Burpee broad jump | 25% | 73% |
| Row | 63% | 73% |
| Farmers carry | 48% | 35% |
| Sandbag lunges | 43% | 78% |
| Wall balls | 80% | 96% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 47% | 25% |
| Runs (8 km) | 41% | 66% |
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.Mike · New York 2025 · Open Men: 45:44 running, 34:51 at the stations and 5:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:44) and the shortest the sled push (2:08).Below, Nicholas · Toronto 2026 · Open Men: 43:02 running, 33:34 at the stations and 7:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:56).
See the numbers
| Part | Mike · New York 2025 · Open Men | Nicholas · Toronto 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:31 | 5:31 |
| SkiErg | 4:29 | 4:40 |
| Run 2 | 7:41 | 4:59 |
| Sled push | 2:08 | 2:47 |
| Run 3 | 5:15 | 5:20 |
| Sled pull | 3:26 | 4:31 |
| Run 4 | 5:27 | 5:46 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:44 | 4:56 |
| Run 5 | 5:39 | 5:58 |
| Row | 4:45 | 4:44 |
| Run 6 | 5:42 | 5:35 |
| Farmers carry | 2:23 | 2:25 |
| Run 7 | 5:39 | 5:28 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:35 | 4:51 |
| Run 8 | 4:50 | 4:25 |
| Wall balls | 5:22 | 4:40 |
| Roxzone | 5:56 | 7:31 |
| Finish | 1:26:27 | 1:23:59 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mike | Nicholas | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto 2025 Open Men · 4 Oct 2025 | 1:28:23 | 1:28:25 | 0:02 · Mike faster |
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