Michael vs Niklas
IRL · Open Men · 6 results Michael Matthews
GER · Open Men · 3 results Niklas Thomann
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Warsaw 2026, Open Men · Niklas: Verona 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Niklas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 60%).Niklas: strongest on Carry (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 57%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Niklas: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 76% | 90% |
| Push | 91% | 85% |
| Pull | 91% | 88% |
| BBJ | 97% | 57% |
| Row | 60% | 85% |
| Carry | 98% | 98% |
| Lunges | 79% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 64% | 96% |
| Roxzone | 99% | 93% |
| Runs | 96% | 96% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Niklas |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 76% | 90% |
| Sled push | 91% | 85% |
| Sled pull | 91% | 88% |
| Burpee broad jump | 97% | 57% |
| Row | 60% | 85% |
| Farmers carry | 98% | 98% |
| Sandbag lunges | 79% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 64% | 96% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 99% | 93% |
| Runs (8 km) | 96% | 96% |
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.Michael · Warsaw 2026 · Open Men: 32:05 running, 29:07 at the stations and 3:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:50).Below, Niklas · Verona 2025 · Open Men: 32:08 running, 29:04 at the stations and 5:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:53).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Warsaw 2026 · Open Men | Niklas · Verona 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:06 | 3:58 |
| SkiErg | 4:16 | 4:11 |
| Run 2 | 3:58 | 3:49 |
| Sled push | 2:10 | 2:30 |
| Run 3 | 4:19 | 4:06 |
| Sled pull | 3:20 | 3:48 |
| Run 4 | 4:07 | 4:00 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:18 | 4:53 |
| Run 5 | 4:22 | 4:04 |
| Row | 4:45 | 4:27 |
| Run 6 | 4:08 | 4:00 |
| Farmers carry | 1:21 | 1:29 |
| Run 7 | 4:23 | 3:59 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:07 | 3:28 |
| Run 8 | 3:42 | 4:12 |
| Wall balls | 5:50 | 4:18 |
| Roxzone | 3:29 | 5:10 |
| Finish | 1:04:32 | 1:06:16 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Michael | Niklas | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin 2026 Open Men · 22 May 2026 | 1:08:47 | 1:08:46 | 0:01 · Niklas faster |
| Berlin 2025 Open Men · 16 May 2025 | 1:04:59 | 1:11:47 | 6:48 · Michael faster |
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