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Head-to-head record

Mike Arnold vs James Nelson

Mike Arnold
Mike Arnold
2 0
2 head-to-head meetings
James Nelson
James Nelson
Athlete A
Mike Arnold
Mike Arnold
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
James Nelson
James Nelson
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
2 Shared Contests
1977 First Meeting
1978 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated August 15, 2026

Mike Arnold vs James Nelson head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

Meetings
2
Mike Arnold
2 ahead
James Nelson
0 ahead
Span
1977–1978

Only 2 head-to-head meetings on record so far, with Mike Arnold ahead 2 to 0 - too thin to call a rivalry yet.

Head-to-Head Meetings

Year Contest Division Mike Arnold James Nelson Winner
1978 Mr Southeastern USA Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #3 Mike Arnold
1977 Mr Florida Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #5 Mike Arnold

Head-to-Head at Shared Contests

Mike Arnold
2
Wins Head-to-Head
2 shared contests
James Nelson
0
Wins Head-to-Head

Attribute Tug-of-War

Each bar splits a metric by each athlete's share of their combined total. A centered bar means they are level.

Career Overlap Timeline

Shared Contest

Career Stats Comparison

Shared Contest History

Year Contest Division Mike Arnold James Nelson Winner

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Method

This page counts finishing positions

Every figure here comes from where each athlete placed in the contest record. Judging sheets and point spreads are not in the database, so a comparison tells you who finished higher on the night. It does not tell you by how much, or how close the call was.

  • A head-to-head result needs both athletes at the same contest in the same division. Two athletes on the same stage in different divisions were never judged against each other, so that show is not counted as a meeting.
  • Only contests both athletes actually entered can be settled here. Careers that never overlapped produce a side-by-side record and no head-to-head, because there is nothing to count.
  • Career totals cover the results we hold. A missing regional or amateur show lowers a total; it never invents one.
  • A shared placement is left as a tie. It is reported separately rather than split between the two athletes.

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