Vikesh vs Thomas

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Vikesh Kakad

1:51:08 best Open Men time · Istanbul 2026
661st of 744 place in that race · 744 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 4 results

Thomas Stetefeld

1:49:57 best Open Men time · Istanbul 2026
659th of 744 place in that race · 744 Open Men finishers

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

Vikesh: Istanbul 2026, Open Men · Thomas: Istanbul 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Vikesh and Thomas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Vikesh: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 7%).Thomas: strongest on Carry (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 6%).

See the numbers
Part Vikesh: faster than Thomas: faster than
Ski 14% 10%
Push 35% 24%
Pull 8% 12%
BBJ 30% 6%
Row 30% 13%
Carry 13% 80%
Lunges 30% 6%
Wall balls 72% 7%
Roxzone 9% 14%
Runs 7% 23%

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

Part by part

Part Vikesh Thomas
SkiErg 14% 10%
Sled push 35% 24%
Sled pull 8% 12%
Burpee broad jump 30% 6%
Row 30% 13%
Farmers carry 13% 80%
Sandbag lunges 30% 6%
Wall balls 72% 7%
Roxzone (moving) 9% 14%
Runs (8 km) 7% 23%

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

Vikesh · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men1:51:08
6:374:555:423:006:327:036:416:137:205:007:332:576:586:117:545:3615:03
Thomas · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men1:49:57
6:315:005:033:165:086:355:248:535:275:185:321:495:348:476:3011:5213:29
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.Vikesh · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men: 55:17 running, 40:55 at the stations and 15:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (7:03).Below, Thomas · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men: 45:09 running, 51:30 at the stations and 13:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:52).

See the numbers
Part Vikesh · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men Thomas · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:37 6:31
SkiErg 4:55 5:00
Run 2 5:42 5:03
Sled push 3:00 3:16
Run 3 6:32 5:08
Sled pull 7:03 6:35
Run 4 6:41 5:24
Burpee broad jump 6:13 8:53
Run 5 7:20 5:27
Row 5:00 5:18
Run 6 7:33 5:32
Farmers carry 2:57 1:49
Run 7 6:58 5:34
Sandbag lunges 6:11 8:47
Run 8 7:54 6:30
Wall balls 5:36 11:52
Roxzone 15:03 13:29
Finish 1:51:08 1:49:57

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Vikesh Thomas Gap
Istanbul 2026 Open Men · 1 Aug 2026 1:51:08 1:49:57 1:11 · Thomas faster
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