James vs Nico
GBR · Open Men · 10 results James Borrett
GER · Open Men · 2 results Nico Persicke
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Cologne 2025, Open Men · Nico: Cologne 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Nico sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Carry (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 55%).Nico: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 36%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Nico: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 69% | 60% |
| Push | 89% | 62% |
| Pull | 87% | 36% |
| BBJ | 62% | 45% |
| Row | 83% | 71% |
| Carry | 91% | 99% |
| Lunges | 59% | 93% |
| Wall balls | 55% | 50% |
| Roxzone | 86% | 75% |
| Runs | 79% | 74% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Nico |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 69% | 60% |
| Sled push | 89% | 62% |
| Sled pull | 87% | 36% |
| Burpee broad jump | 62% | 45% |
| Row | 83% | 71% |
| Farmers carry | 91% | 99% |
| Sandbag lunges | 59% | 93% |
| Wall balls | 55% | 50% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 86% | 75% |
| Runs (8 km) | 79% | 74% |
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.James · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 36:59 running, 32:43 at the stations and 5:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:46).Below, Nico · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 38:38 running, 34:55 at the stations and 5:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:22).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Cologne 2025 · Open Men | Nico · Cologne 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:23 | 3:31 |
| SkiErg | 4:16 | 4:24 |
| Run 2 | 4:07 | 4:32 |
| Sled push | 2:15 | 3:03 |
| Run 3 | 4:23 | 4:49 |
| Sled pull | 3:35 | 4:49 |
| Run 4 | 4:21 | 6:36 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:56 | 5:42 |
| Run 5 | 4:37 | 5:08 |
| Row | 4:28 | 4:41 |
| Run 6 | 4:42 | 4:37 |
| Farmers carry | 1:37 | 1:10 |
| Run 7 | 4:40 | 4:57 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:49 | 3:43 |
| Run 8 | 5:46 | 4:28 |
| Wall balls | 6:46 | 7:22 |
| Roxzone | 5:03 | 5:28 |
| Finish | 1:14:44 | 1:18:52 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Nico | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 | 1:18:48 | 1:18:52 | 0:04 · James faster |
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