Eric vs Vitali

GER GER · Open Men · 8 results

Eric Nikolaus

1:35:18 best Open Men time · Hamburg 2025
1279th of 1,895 place in that race · 1,895 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Vitali Kurnatowski

1:54:36 best Open Men time · Berlin 2026
3838th of 4,143 place in that race · 4,143 Open Men finishers

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

Eric: Hamburg 2025, Open Men · Vitali: Berlin 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Eric and Vitali sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Eric: strongest on BBJ (faster than 56% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 3%).Vitali: strongest on Pull (faster than 37% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 2%).

See the numbers
Part Eric: faster than Vitali: faster than
Ski 38% 2%
Push 16% 27%
Pull 16% 37%
BBJ 56% 12%
Row 29% 12%
Carry 3% 31%
Lunges 31% 16%
Wall balls 30% 14%
Roxzone 53% 9%
Runs 34% 4%

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

Part by part

Part Eric Vitali
SkiErg 38% 2%
Sled push 16% 27%
Sled pull 16% 37%
Burpee broad jump 56% 12%
Row 29% 12%
Farmers carry 3% 31%
Sandbag lunges 31% 16%
Wall balls 30% 14%
Roxzone (moving) 53% 9%
Runs (8 km) 34% 4%

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

Eric · Hamburg 2025 · Open Men1:35:18
5:284:314:483:525:386:085:455:306:025:035:193:235:026:086:228:457:42
Vitali · Berlin 2026 · Open Men1:54:36
5:015:255:073:505:244:425:378:155:405:245:332:366:107:059:3310:2119:00
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.Eric · Hamburg 2025 · Open Men: 44:24 running, 43:20 at the stations and 7:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:45).Below, Vitali · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 48:06 running, 47:38 at the stations and 19:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:21).

See the numbers
Part Eric · Hamburg 2025 · Open Men Vitali · Berlin 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:28 5:01
SkiErg 4:31 5:25
Run 2 4:48 5:07
Sled push 3:52 3:50
Run 3 5:38 5:24
Sled pull 6:08 4:42
Run 4 5:45 5:37
Burpee broad jump 5:30 8:15
Run 5 6:02 5:40
Row 5:03 5:24
Run 6 5:19 5:33
Farmers carry 3:23 2:36
Run 7 5:02 6:10
Sandbag lunges 6:08 7:05
Run 8 6:22 9:33
Wall balls 8:45 10:21
Roxzone 7:42 19:00
Finish 1:35:18 1:54:36

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Eric Vitali Gap
Berlin 2026 Open Men · 22 May 2026 1:54:35 1:54:36 0:01 · Eric faster
Berlin 2026 Open Men · 22 May 2026 2:12:52 1:54:36 18:16 · Vitali faster
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