Rich vs Nicolas

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Rich Howells

1:31:40 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2591st of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Nicolas Manuel

1:31:40 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2593rd of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Rich: Birmingham Birm, Open Men · Nicolas: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Rich and Nicolas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Rich: strongest on Runs (faster than 49% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 4%).Nicolas: strongest on Push (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 4%).

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Part Rich: faster than Nicolas: faster than
Ski 12% 10%
Push 4% 77%
Pull 20% 31%
BBJ 38% 32%
Row 8% 13%
Carry 16% 4%
Lunges 21% 17%
Wall balls 31% 15%
Roxzone 41% 31%
Runs 49% 54%

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

Part by part

Part Rich Nicolas
SkiErg 12% 10%
Sled push 4% 77%
Sled pull 20% 31%
Burpee broad jump 38% 32%
Row 8% 13%
Farmers carry 16% 4%
Sandbag lunges 21% 17%
Wall balls 31% 15%
Roxzone (moving) 41% 31%
Runs (8 km) 49% 54%

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

Rich · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:31:40
5:185:024:315:184:485:374:516:084:515:354:542:485:086:275:158:266:51
Nicolas · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:31:40
5:165:074:362:554:475:134:386:264:555:244:223:274:396:445:3510:207:22
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.Rich · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 39:36 running, 45:20 at the stations and 6:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:26).Below, Nicolas · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 38:48 running, 45:36 at the stations and 7:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:20) and the shortest the sled push (2:55).

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Part Rich · Birmingham Birm · Open Men Nicolas · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:18 5:16
SkiErg 5:02 5:07
Run 2 4:31 4:36
Sled push 5:18 2:55
Run 3 4:48 4:47
Sled pull 5:37 5:13
Run 4 4:51 4:38
Burpee broad jump 6:08 6:26
Run 5 4:51 4:55
Row 5:35 5:24
Run 6 4:54 4:22
Farmers carry 2:48 3:27
Run 7 5:08 4:39
Sandbag lunges 6:27 6:44
Run 8 5:15 5:35
Wall balls 8:26 10:20
Roxzone 6:51 7:22
Finish 1:31:40 1:31:40

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Rich Nicolas Gap
Birmingham Birm Open Men · 30 Oct 2026 1:31:40 1:31:40 level
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