Nelson vs Michael

FRA FRA · Open Men · 1 result

Nelson Goncalves

1:18:40 best Open Men time · Stuttgart 2025
340th of 1,171 place in that race · 1,171 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Göbel

1:13:45 best Open Men time · Karlsruhe 2026
224th of 1,725 place in that race · 1,725 Open Men finishers

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

Nelson: Stuttgart 2025, Open Men · Michael: Karlsruhe 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nelson and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nelson: strongest on Carry (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 27%).Michael: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 59%).

See the numbers
Part Nelson: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 49% 69%
Push 27% 61%
Pull 50% 77%
BBJ 58% 81%
Row 41% 59%
Carry 89% 81%
Lunges 46% 83%
Wall balls 47% 78%
Roxzone 80% 90%
Runs 85% 88%

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

Part by part

Part Nelson Michael
SkiErg 49% 69%
Sled push 27% 61%
Sled pull 50% 77%
Burpee broad jump 58% 81%
Row 41% 59%
Farmers carry 89% 81%
Sandbag lunges 46% 83%
Wall balls 47% 78%
Roxzone (moving) 80% 90%
Runs (8 km) 85% 88%

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

Nelson · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men1:18:40
4:184:293:553:114:044:434:035:124:124:524:071:394:045:224:447:398:13
Michael · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men1:13:45
3:154:204:283:034:414:084:454:335:034:504:561:505:094:164:155:594:20
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.Nelson · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men: 33:28 running, 37:07 at the stations and 8:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:39).Below, Michael · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men: 36:32 running, 32:58 at the stations and 4:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:59).

See the numbers
Part Nelson · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men Michael · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:18 3:15
SkiErg 4:29 4:20
Run 2 3:55 4:28
Sled push 3:11 3:03
Run 3 4:04 4:41
Sled pull 4:43 4:08
Run 4 4:03 4:45
Burpee broad jump 5:12 4:33
Run 5 4:12 5:03
Row 4:52 4:50
Run 6 4:07 4:56
Farmers carry 1:39 1:50
Run 7 4:04 5:09
Sandbag lunges 5:22 4:16
Run 8 4:44 4:15
Wall balls 7:39 5:59
Roxzone 8:13 4:20
Finish 1:18:40 1:13:45

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nelson Michael Gap
Stuttgart 2025 Open Men · 1 Nov 2025 1:18:40 1:18:36 0:04 · Michael faster
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