Björn vs Niclas

GER GER · Open Men · 4 results

Björn Esser

1:09:02 best Open Men time · Frankfurt 2024
150th of 1,480 place in that race · 1,480 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 5 results

Niclas Dobbertin

1:12:18 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
179th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Björn: Frankfurt 2024, Open Men · Niclas: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Björn and Niclas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Björn: strongest on Lunges (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 44%).Niclas: strongest on Carry (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 66%).

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Part Björn: faster than Niclas: faster than
Ski 91% 86%
Push 58% 91%
Pull 44% 92%
BBJ 89% 66%
Row 86% 77%
Carry 55% 93%
Lunges 95% 85%
Wall balls 84% 92%
Roxzone 86% 78%
Runs 92% 82%

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

Part by part

Part Björn Niclas
SkiErg 91% 86%
Sled push 58% 91%
Sled pull 44% 92%
Burpee broad jump 89% 66%
Row 86% 77%
Farmers carry 55% 93%
Sandbag lunges 95% 85%
Wall balls 84% 92%
Roxzone (moving) 86% 78%
Runs (8 km) 92% 82%

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

Björn · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men1:09:02
3:264:164:002:404:055:014:103:504:214:224:241:544:223:234:434:575:15
Niclas · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:12:18
3:524:124:352:314:553:264:514:555:074:384:421:314:374:024:154:565:21
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.Björn · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men: 33:31 running, 30:23 at the stations and 5:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:01).Below, Niclas · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 36:55 running, 30:11 at the stations and 5:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:56).

See the numbers
Part Björn · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men Niclas · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:26 3:52
SkiErg 4:16 4:12
Run 2 4:00 4:35
Sled push 2:40 2:31
Run 3 4:05 4:55
Sled pull 5:01 3:26
Run 4 4:10 4:51
Burpee broad jump 3:50 4:55
Run 5 4:21 5:07
Row 4:22 4:38
Run 6 4:24 4:42
Farmers carry 1:54 1:31
Run 7 4:22 4:37
Sandbag lunges 3:23 4:02
Run 8 4:43 4:15
Wall balls 4:57 4:56
Roxzone 5:15 5:21
Finish 1:09:02 1:12:18

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Björn Niclas Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:12:20 1:12:18 0:02 · Niclas faster
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