Paul vs Hugo

USA USA · Pro Men · 3 results

Paul Niklason

1:12:24 best Pro Men time · Boston 2025
61st of 249 place in that race · 249 Pro Men finishers
POR POR · Pro Men · 3 results

Hugo Tavares

1:21:58 best Pro Men time · New York 2026
296th of 729 place in that race · 729 Pro Men finishers

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

Paul: Boston 2025, Pro Men · Hugo: New York 2026, Pro Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and Hugo sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Row (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 38%).Hugo: strongest on Push (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).

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Part Paul: faster than Hugo: faster than
Ski 80% 11%
Push 38% 90%
Pull 68% 64%
BBJ 68% 59%
Row 85% 79%
Carry 45% 45%
Lunges 62% 70%
Wall balls 71% 29%
Roxzone 76% 56%
Runs 74% 61%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Hugo
SkiErg 80% 11%
Sled push 38% 90%
Sled pull 68% 64%
Burpee broad jump 68% 59%
Row 85% 79%
Farmers carry 45% 45%
Sandbag lunges 62% 70%
Wall balls 71% 29%
Roxzone (moving) 76% 56%
Runs (8 km) 74% 61%

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

Paul · Boston 2025 · Pro Men1:12:24
4:394:063:393:524:125:234:043:444:344:164:132:074:214:244:365:564:24
Hugo · New York 2026 · Pro Men1:21:58
4:594:434:313:064:315:144:334:154:364:234:342:344:304:455:549:195:40
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.Paul · Boston 2025 · Pro Men: 34:19 running, 33:48 at the stations and 4:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:56).Below, Hugo · New York 2026 · Pro Men: 38:08 running, 38:19 at the stations and 5:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:19).

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Part Paul · Boston 2025 · Pro Men Hugo · New York 2026 · Pro Men
Run 1 4:39 4:59
SkiErg 4:06 4:43
Run 2 3:39 4:31
Sled push 3:52 3:06
Run 3 4:12 4:31
Sled pull 5:23 5:14
Run 4 4:04 4:33
Burpee broad jump 3:44 4:15
Run 5 4:34 4:36
Row 4:16 4:23
Run 6 4:13 4:34
Farmers carry 2:07 2:34
Run 7 4:21 4:30
Sandbag lunges 4:24 4:45
Run 8 4:36 5:54
Wall balls 5:56 9:19
Roxzone 4:24 5:40
Finish 1:12:24 1:21:58

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Hugo Gap
New York 2026 Pro Men · 28 May 2026 1:22:02 1:21:58 0:04 · Hugo faster
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