Nikesh vs Theo

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Nikesh Karia

1:35:06 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2016th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Theo Chapuisat

1:35:06 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2014th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Nikesh: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Theo: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nikesh and Theo sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nikesh: strongest on Carry (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 8%).Theo: strongest on BBJ (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 9%).

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Part Nikesh: faster than Theo: faster than
Ski 28% 26%
Push 31% 40%
Pull 19% 10%
BBJ 13% 54%
Row 15% 9%
Carry 46% 20%
Lunges 30% 26%
Wall balls 8% 37%
Roxzone 30% 14%
Runs 43% 27%

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

Part by part

Part Nikesh Theo
SkiErg 28% 26%
Sled push 31% 40%
Sled pull 19% 10%
Burpee broad jump 13% 54%
Row 15% 9%
Farmers carry 46% 20%
Sandbag lunges 30% 26%
Wall balls 8% 37%
Roxzone (moving) 30% 14%
Runs (8 km) 43% 27%

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

Nikesh · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:35:06
4:484:464:253:276:405:265:028:265:195:215:302:474:525:516:1411:294:47
Theo · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:35:06
5:474:485:073:165:596:055:545:396:065:326:283:235:196:016:087:376:01
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.Nikesh · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 42:50 running, 47:32 at the stations and 4:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:29).Below, Theo · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:48 running, 42:21 at the stations and 6:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:37) and the shortest the sled push (3:16).

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Part Nikesh · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Theo · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:48 5:47
SkiErg 4:46 4:48
Run 2 4:25 5:07
Sled push 3:27 3:16
Run 3 6:40 5:59
Sled pull 5:26 6:05
Run 4 5:02 5:54
Burpee broad jump 8:26 5:39
Run 5 5:19 6:06
Row 5:21 5:32
Run 6 5:30 6:28
Farmers carry 2:47 3:23
Run 7 4:52 5:19
Sandbag lunges 5:51 6:01
Run 8 6:14 6:08
Wall balls 11:29 7:37
Roxzone 4:47 6:01
Finish 1:35:06 1:35:06

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nikesh Theo Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:35:06 1:35:06 level
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