James vs Nik
James Payne
Nik Kojc
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Nik: Warsaw 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Nik sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 94%).Nik: strongest on BBJ (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 94%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Nik: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 94% | 94% |
| Push | 97% | 99% |
| Pull | 99% | 99% |
| BBJ | 99% | 99% |
| Row | 98% | 99% |
| Carry | 99% | 98% |
| Lunges | 99% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 99% |
| Roxzone | 98% | 99% |
| Runs | 99% | 99% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Nik |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 94% | 94% |
| Sled push | 97% | 99% |
| Sled pull | 99% | 99% |
| Burpee broad jump | 99% | 99% |
| Row | 98% | 99% |
| Farmers carry | 99% | 98% |
| Sandbag lunges | 99% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 99% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 98% | 99% |
| Runs (8 km) | 99% | 99% |
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.James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 31:31 running, 23:44 at the stations and 2:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:14).Below, Nik · Warsaw 2026 · Open Men: 29:55 running, 23:11 at the stations and 3:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:10).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Nik · Warsaw 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:01 | 2:55 |
| SkiErg | 4:10 | 4:04 |
| Run 2 | 3:37 | 3:53 |
| Sled push | 2:08 | 1:50 |
| Run 3 | 3:53 | 3:55 |
| Sled pull | 2:30 | 2:42 |
| Run 4 | 3:53 | 3:57 |
| Burpee broad jump | 2:58 | 2:44 |
| Run 5 | 3:51 | 3:58 |
| Row | 4:14 | 4:10 |
| Run 6 | 4:04 | 3:56 |
| Farmers carry | 1:43 | 1:19 |
| Run 7 | 3:41 | 3:59 |
| Sandbag lunges | 2:38 | 2:49 |
| Run 8 | 4:31 | 3:22 |
| Wall balls | 3:23 | 3:33 |
| Roxzone | 2:28 | 3:31 |
| Finish | 57:40 | 56:28 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Nik | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin 2026 Open Men · 22 May 2026 | 58:21 | 58:18 | 0:03 · Nik faster |
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