Nicholas vs Karl

AUS AUS · Open Men · 6 results

Nicholas Ellis

1:12:02 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
469th of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Karl Prolongeau

1:14:29 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
670th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Nicholas: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Karl: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nicholas and Karl sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Row (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 44%).Karl: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 50%).

See the numbers
Part Nicholas: faster than Karl: faster than
Ski 44% 98%
Push 73% 84%
Pull 84% 99%
BBJ 82% 50%
Row 90% 89%
Carry 89% 91%
Lunges 76% 74%
Wall balls 68% 72%
Roxzone 86% 64%
Runs 81% 75%

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

Part by part

Part Nicholas Karl
SkiErg 44% 98%
Sled push 73% 84%
Sled pull 84% 99%
Burpee broad jump 82% 50%
Row 90% 89%
Farmers carry 89% 91%
Sandbag lunges 76% 74%
Wall balls 68% 72%
Roxzone (moving) 86% 64%
Runs (8 km) 81% 75%

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

Nicholas · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:12:02
2:354:304:172:194:203:534:274:064:264:224:201:394:254:254:585:437:24
Karl · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:14:29
3:573:563:572:084:142:514:165:434:304:224:241:344:104:406:075:478:01
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.Nicholas · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 33:47 running, 30:58 at the stations and 7:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:43).Below, Karl · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 35:35 running, 31:01 at the stations and 8:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:47).

See the numbers
Part Nicholas · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men Karl · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:35 3:57
SkiErg 4:30 3:56
Run 2 4:17 3:57
Sled push 2:19 2:08
Run 3 4:20 4:14
Sled pull 3:53 2:51
Run 4 4:27 4:16
Burpee broad jump 4:06 5:43
Run 5 4:26 4:30
Row 4:22 4:22
Run 6 4:20 4:24
Farmers carry 1:39 1:34
Run 7 4:25 4:10
Sandbag lunges 4:25 4:40
Run 8 4:58 6:07
Wall balls 5:43 5:47
Roxzone 7:24 8:01
Finish 1:12:02 1:14:29

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nicholas Karl Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:14:29 1:14:29 level
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