Markku vs George

FIN FIN · Open Men · 2 results

Markku Niska

1:51:25 best Open Men time · Helsinki 2026
834th of 913 place in that race · 913 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

George Boston

1:51:24 best Open Men time · Helsinki 2026
833rd of 913 place in that race · 913 Open Men finishers

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

Markku: Helsinki 2026, Open Men · George: Helsinki 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Markku and George sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Markku: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 36% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 2%).George: strongest on Push (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 2%).

See the numbers
Part Markku: faster than George: faster than
Ski 15% 2%
Push 26% 78%
Pull 2% 30%
BBJ 8% 15%
Row 12% 5%
Carry 15% 35%
Lunges 6% 42%
Wall balls 36% 22%
Roxzone 4% 11%
Runs 12% 5%

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

Part by part

Part Markku George
SkiErg 15% 2%
Sled push 26% 78%
Sled pull 2% 30%
Burpee broad jump 8% 15%
Row 12% 5%
Farmers carry 15% 35%
Sandbag lunges 6% 42%
Wall balls 36% 22%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 11%
Runs (8 km) 12% 5%

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

Markku · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men1:51:25
6:034:585:422:516:247:056:188:306:495:186:472:386:548:297:597:3211:18
George · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men1:51:24
6:365:278:192:138:284:498:397:266:295:379:002:096:025:137:068:379:23
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.Markku · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men: 52:56 running, 47:20 at the stations and 11:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:30).Below, George · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men: 1:00:39 running, 41:32 at the stations and 9:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:37).

See the numbers
Part Markku · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men George · Helsinki 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:03 6:36
SkiErg 4:58 5:27
Run 2 5:42 8:19
Sled push 2:51 2:13
Run 3 6:24 8:28
Sled pull 7:05 4:49
Run 4 6:18 8:39
Burpee broad jump 8:30 7:26
Run 5 6:49 6:29
Row 5:18 5:37
Run 6 6:47 9:00
Farmers carry 2:38 2:09
Run 7 6:54 6:02
Sandbag lunges 8:29 5:13
Run 8 7:59 7:06
Wall balls 7:32 8:37
Roxzone 11:18 9:23
Finish 1:51:25 1:51:24

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Markku George Gap
Helsinki 2026 Open Men · 9 May 2026 1:51:25 1:51:24 0:01 · George faster
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