Niels vs Hugh
GER · Pro Men · 2 results Niels Schmidtke
GBR · Pro Men · 7 results Hugh van Cutsem
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Niels: Cologne 2026, Pro Men · Hugh: London Olympia 2026, Pro Men
This chart shows where Niels and Hugh sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Niels: strongest on Row (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 37%).Hugh: strongest on Push (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 19%).
See the numbers
| Part | Niels: faster than | Hugh: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 52% | 34% |
| Push | 70% | 63% |
| Pull | 67% | 33% |
| BBJ | 50% | 24% |
| Row | 84% | 48% |
| Carry | 71% | 60% |
| Lunges | 38% | 19% |
| Wall balls | 37% | 43% |
| Roxzone | 79% | 59% |
| Runs | 58% | 43% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Niels | Hugh |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 52% | 34% |
| Sled push | 70% | 63% |
| Sled pull | 67% | 33% |
| Burpee broad jump | 50% | 24% |
| Row | 84% | 48% |
| Farmers carry | 71% | 60% |
| Sandbag lunges | 38% | 19% |
| Wall balls | 37% | 43% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 79% | 59% |
| Runs (8 km) | 58% | 43% |
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.Niels · Cologne 2026 · Pro Men: 38:11 running, 37:50 at the stations and 4:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:28).Below, Hugh · London Olympia 2026 · Pro Men: 36:17 running, 38:02 at the stations and 4:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:10).
See the numbers
| Part | Niels · Cologne 2026 · Pro Men | Hugh · London Olympia 2026 · Pro Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:22 | 4:24 |
| SkiErg | 4:16 | 4:18 |
| Run 2 | 4:12 | 4:04 |
| Sled push | 3:40 | 3:27 |
| Run 3 | 4:53 | 4:14 |
| Sled pull | 4:57 | 5:27 |
| Run 4 | 4:39 | 4:19 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:42 | 5:14 |
| Run 5 | 4:51 | 4:25 |
| Row | 4:21 | 4:29 |
| Run 6 | 4:46 | 4:23 |
| Farmers carry | 1:50 | 1:59 |
| Run 7 | 4:58 | 4:25 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:36 | 5:58 |
| Run 8 | 6:30 | 6:03 |
| Wall balls | 8:28 | 7:10 |
| Roxzone | 4:54 | 4:39 |
| Finish | 1:20:49 | 1:18:53 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Niels | Hugh | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne 2026 Pro Men · 16 Apr 2026 | 1:20:49 | 1:20:20 | 0:29 · Hugh faster |
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