Ryan vs Nicholas
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Ryan Valderama
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Nicholas Chaplow
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ryan: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Nicholas: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ryan and Nicholas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ryan: strongest on Runs (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 14%).Nicholas: strongest on Pull (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 31%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ryan: faster than | Nicholas: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 68% | 37% |
| Push | 19% | 78% |
| Pull | 72% | 84% |
| BBJ | 74% | 72% |
| Row | 82% | 65% |
| Carry | 14% | 70% |
| Lunges | 82% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 72% | 31% |
| Roxzone | 69% | 64% |
| Runs | 92% | 82% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ryan | Nicholas |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 68% | 37% |
| Sled push | 19% | 78% |
| Sled pull | 72% | 84% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 72% |
| Row | 82% | 65% |
| Farmers carry | 14% | 70% |
| Sandbag lunges | 82% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 72% | 31% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 69% | 64% |
| Runs (8 km) | 92% | 82% |
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.Ryan · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 27:26 running, 34:23 at the stations and 10:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:04).Below, Nicholas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 36:43 running, 35:26 at the stations and 3:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:11).
See the numbers
| Part | Ryan · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Nicholas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:40 | 4:40 |
| SkiErg | 4:41 | 4:41 |
| Run 2 | 3:09 | 4:11 |
| Sled push | 3:22 | 2:38 |
| Run 3 | 3:18 | 4:30 |
| Sled pull | 4:15 | 3:33 |
| Run 4 | 3:20 | 4:33 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:34 | 4:54 |
| Run 5 | 3:24 | 4:45 |
| Row | 4:37 | 4:41 |
| Run 6 | 3:24 | 4:43 |
| Farmers carry | 2:42 | 2:25 |
| Run 7 | 3:22 | 4:13 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:08 | 4:24 |
| Run 8 | 4:49 | 5:07 |
| Wall balls | 6:04 | 8:11 |
| Roxzone | 10:41 | 3:30 |
| Finish | 1:12:22 | 1:15:34 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ryan | Nicholas | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:15:32 | 1:15:34 | 0:02 · Ryan faster |
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