Nicholas vs Alain
Nicholas Lee
Alain Thomas
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Alain: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and Alain sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Ski (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 4%).Alain: strongest on Pull (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 14%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Alain: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 73% | 19% |
| Push | 16% | 75% |
| Pull | 9% | 90% |
| BBJ | 26% | 32% |
| Row | 60% | 27% |
| Carry | 4% | 57% |
| Lunges | 27% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 63% |
| Roxzone | 29% | 27% |
| Runs | 41% | 14% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | Alain |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 73% | 19% |
| Sled push | 16% | 75% |
| Sled pull | 9% | 90% |
| Burpee broad jump | 26% | 32% |
| Row | 60% | 27% |
| Farmers carry | 4% | 57% |
| Sandbag lunges | 27% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 63% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 29% | 27% |
| Runs (8 km) | 41% | 14% |
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.Nicholas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 43:23 running, 43:52 at the stations and 4:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:11) and the shortest the sled push (3:53).Below, Alain · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 51:08 running, 36:05 at the stations and 4:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:45).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Alain · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:16 | 5:50 |
| SkiErg | 4:24 | 4:54 |
| Run 2 | 4:55 | 6:55 |
| Sled push | 3:53 | 2:42 |
| Run 3 | 5:19 | 5:38 |
| Sled pull | 6:09 | 3:23 |
| Run 4 | 5:21 | 5:52 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:11 | 6:45 |
| Run 5 | 5:22 | 6:33 |
| Row | 4:44 | 5:07 |
| Run 6 | 5:53 | 6:47 |
| Farmers carry | 4:33 | 2:36 |
| Run 7 | 5:05 | 6:05 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:00 | 4:33 |
| Run 8 | 6:12 | 7:28 |
| Wall balls | 6:59 | 6:05 |
| Roxzone | 4:51 | 4:57 |
| Finish | 1:32:06 | 1:32:08 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Alain | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:32:06 | 1:32:08 | 0:02 · Nicholas faster |
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