Sonny vs Niihau
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Sonny Walker
PYF · Pro Men · 6 results Niihau Tsing
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sonny: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Niihau: Rome 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Sonny and Niihau sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sonny: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 71%).Niihau: strongest on Carry (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 53%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sonny: faster than | Niihau: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 87% | 86% |
| Push | 84% | 66% |
| Pull | 99% | 72% |
| BBJ | 94% | 68% |
| Row | 84% | 94% |
| Carry | 76% | 96% |
| Lunges | 95% | 53% |
| Wall balls | 98% | 78% |
| Roxzone | 71% | 84% |
| Runs | 76% | 64% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sonny | Niihau |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 87% | 86% |
| Sled push | 84% | 66% |
| Sled pull | 99% | 72% |
| Burpee broad jump | 94% | 68% |
| Row | 84% | 94% |
| Farmers carry | 76% | 96% |
| Sandbag lunges | 95% | 53% |
| Wall balls | 98% | 78% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 71% | 84% |
| Runs (8 km) | 76% | 64% |
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.Sonny · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 36:50 running, 27:04 at the stations and 6:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:26).Below, Niihau · Rome 2026 · Open Men: 37:01 running, 33:02 at the stations and 5:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:26).
See the numbers
| Part | Sonny · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men | Niihau · Rome 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:56 | 5:40 |
| SkiErg | 4:07 | 4:14 |
| Run 2 | 4:22 | 4:07 |
| Sled push | 2:22 | 3:08 |
| Run 3 | 4:32 | 4:20 |
| Sled pull | 3:11 | 4:12 |
| Run 4 | 4:29 | 4:18 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:39 | 4:47 |
| Run 5 | 4:36 | 4:23 |
| Row | 4:26 | 4:28 |
| Run 6 | 4:29 | 4:17 |
| Farmers carry | 1:50 | 1:32 |
| Run 7 | 4:37 | 4:34 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:28 | 5:16 |
| Run 8 | 4:49 | 5:22 |
| Wall balls | 4:01 | 5:26 |
| Roxzone | 6:35 | 5:35 |
| Finish | 1:10:20 | 1:15:29 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sonny | Niihau | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rome 2026 Open Men · 23 Sep 2026 | 1:15:29 | 1:15:29 | level |
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