Nicholas vs Zach

AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Nicholas Vanderkooi

1:40:17 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
2617th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers
PHI PHI · Open Men · 3 results

Zach Garcia

1:40:22 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
2619th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Nicholas: Sydney 2026, Open Men · Zach: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nicholas and Zach sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 4%).Zach: strongest on Lunges (faster than 52% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 7%).

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Part Nicholas: faster than Zach: faster than
Ski 8% 13%
Push 51% 7%
Pull 39% 21%
BBJ 4% 19%
Row 59% 15%
Carry 43% 31%
Lunges 14% 52%
Wall balls 16% 49%
Roxzone 67% 9%
Runs 28% 20%

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

Part by part

Part Nicholas Zach
SkiErg 8% 13%
Sled push 51% 7%
Sled pull 39% 21%
Burpee broad jump 4% 19%
Row 59% 15%
Farmers carry 43% 31%
Sandbag lunges 14% 52%
Wall balls 16% 49%
Roxzone (moving) 67% 9%
Runs (8 km) 28% 20%

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

Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:40:17
7:385:024:092:364:254:484:3110:474:434:404:262:104:298:049:5210:127:54
Zach · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:40:22
4:504:535:013:475:165:325:227:335:285:165:162:216:105:319:047:0612:04
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.Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 44:13 running, 48:19 at the stations and 7:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (10:47).Below, Zach · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 46:28 running, 41:59 at the stations and 12:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:33).

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Part Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men Zach · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:38 4:50
SkiErg 5:02 4:53
Run 2 4:09 5:01
Sled push 2:36 3:47
Run 3 4:25 5:16
Sled pull 4:48 5:32
Run 4 4:31 5:22
Burpee broad jump 10:47 7:33
Run 5 4:43 5:28
Row 4:40 5:16
Run 6 4:26 5:16
Farmers carry 2:10 2:21
Run 7 4:29 6:10
Sandbag lunges 8:04 5:31
Run 8 9:52 9:04
Wall balls 10:12 7:06
Roxzone 7:54 12:04
Finish 1:40:17 1:40:22

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nicholas Zach Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:40:17 1:40:22 0:05 · Nicholas faster
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