Николай vs John

RUS RUS · Open Men · 1 result

Николай Степа

1:41:41 best Open Men time · Istanbul 2026
590th of 744 place in that race · 744 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

John Colquhoun

1:35:42 best Open Men time · Paris 2025
1717th of 2,082 place in that race · 2,082 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Николай: Istanbul 2026, Open Men · John: Paris 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
НиколайJohnedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Николай and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Николай: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 3%).John: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 7%).

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Part Николай: faster than John: faster than
Ski 76% 17%
Push 99% 7%
Pull 50% 14%
BBJ 3% 30%
Row 28% 15%
Carry 42% 11%
Lunges 37% 21%
Wall balls 34% 40%
Roxzone 10% 18%
Runs 22% 16%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Николай John
SkiErg 76% 17%
Sled push 99% 7%
Sled pull 50% 14%
Burpee broad jump 3% 30%
Row 28% 15%
Farmers carry 42% 11%
Sandbag lunges 37% 21%
Wall balls 34% 40%
Roxzone (moving) 10% 18%
Runs (8 km) 22% 16%

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

Николай · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men1:41:41
5:354:184:551:545:154:455:339:355:505:025:222:175:425:557:077:5014:55
John · Paris 2025 · Open Men1:35:42
5:154:515:073:385:315:585:446:255:485:105:502:545:486:285:397:008:43
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Николай · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men: 45:19 running, 41:35 at the stations and 14:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:35) and the shortest the sled push (1:54).Below, John · Paris 2025 · Open Men: 44:42 running, 42:25 at the stations and 8:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:00).

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Part Николай · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men John · Paris 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:35 5:15
SkiErg 4:18 4:51
Run 2 4:55 5:07
Sled push 1:54 3:38
Run 3 5:15 5:31
Sled pull 4:45 5:58
Run 4 5:33 5:44
Burpee broad jump 9:35 6:25
Run 5 5:50 5:48
Row 5:02 5:10
Run 6 5:22 5:50
Farmers carry 2:17 2:54
Run 7 5:42 5:48
Sandbag lunges 5:55 6:28
Run 8 7:07 5:39
Wall balls 7:50 7:00
Roxzone 14:55 8:43
Finish 1:41:41 1:35:42

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Николай John Gap
Istanbul 2026 Open Men · 1 Aug 2026 1:41:41 1:41:37 0:04 · John faster
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