Chad vs Nicholas

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Chad Chitter

1:38:01 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
379th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Nicholas Sykes

1:37:56 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
378th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Chad: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Nicholas: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Chad and Nicholas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chad: strongest on Ski (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 11%).Nicholas: strongest on Row (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 22%).

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Part Chad: faster than Nicholas: faster than
Ski 64% 50%
Push 32% 51%
Pull 61% 67%
BBJ 63% 23%
Row 11% 79%
Carry 11% 48%
Lunges 48% 22%
Wall balls 38% 51%
Roxzone 33% 47%
Runs 43% 41%

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

Part by part

Part Chad Nicholas
SkiErg 64% 50%
Sled push 32% 51%
Sled pull 61% 67%
Burpee broad jump 63% 23%
Row 11% 79%
Farmers carry 11% 48%
Sandbag lunges 48% 22%
Wall balls 38% 51%
Roxzone (moving) 33% 47%
Runs (8 km) 43% 41%

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

Chad · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:38:01
4:054:255:433:145:594:366:115:286:245:456:163:256:226:067:428:347:54
Nicholas · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:37:56
4:184:335:522:546:244:276:278:016:204:386:562:255:577:396:537:336:48
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.Chad · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 48:42 running, 41:34 at the stations and 7:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:34) and the shortest the sled push (3:14).Below, Nicholas · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 49:07 running, 42:10 at the stations and 6:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:01).

See the numbers
Part Chad · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Nicholas · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:05 4:18
SkiErg 4:25 4:33
Run 2 5:43 5:52
Sled push 3:14 2:54
Run 3 5:59 6:24
Sled pull 4:36 4:27
Run 4 6:11 6:27
Burpee broad jump 5:28 8:01
Run 5 6:24 6:20
Row 5:45 4:38
Run 6 6:16 6:56
Farmers carry 3:25 2:25
Run 7 6:22 5:57
Sandbag lunges 6:06 7:39
Run 8 7:42 6:53
Wall balls 8:34 7:33
Roxzone 7:54 6:48
Finish 1:38:01 1:37:56

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Chad Nicholas Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:38:01 1:37:56 0:05 · Nicholas faster
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