Samy vs Nicolas
Samy Vignaud
Nicolas Sainte-Catherine
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Samy: Nice 2026, Open Men · Nicolas: Paris 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Samy and Nicolas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samy: strongest on BBJ (faster than 31% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 6%).Nicolas: strongest on Ski (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 16%).
See the numbers
| Part | Samy: faster than | Nicolas: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 10% | 77% |
| Push | 6% | 16% |
| Pull | 10% | 38% |
| BBJ | 31% | 39% |
| Row | 26% | 66% |
| Carry | 14% | 56% |
| Lunges | 23% | 29% |
| Wall balls | 12% | 64% |
| Roxzone | 26% | 24% |
| Runs | 19% | 36% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Samy | Nicolas |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 10% | 77% |
| Sled push | 6% | 16% |
| Sled pull | 10% | 38% |
| Burpee broad jump | 31% | 39% |
| Row | 26% | 66% |
| Farmers carry | 14% | 56% |
| Sandbag lunges | 23% | 29% |
| Wall balls | 12% | 64% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 26% | 24% |
| Runs (8 km) | 19% | 36% |
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.Samy · Nice 2026 · Open Men: 45:00 running, 44:59 at the stations and 7:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:09).Below, Nicolas · Paris 2025 · Open Men: 43:51 running, 39:37 at the stations and 7:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:26).
See the numbers
| Part | Samy · Nice 2026 · Open Men | Nicolas · Paris 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:47 | 4:45 |
| SkiErg | 5:00 | 4:15 |
| Run 2 | 5:33 | 5:23 |
| Sled push | 3:45 | 4:17 |
| Run 3 | 5:38 | 5:19 |
| Sled pull | 6:18 | 5:49 |
| Run 4 | 5:31 | 5:36 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:00 | 5:58 |
| Run 5 | 5:35 | 5:21 |
| Row | 5:00 | 4:36 |
| Run 6 | 5:21 | 5:41 |
| Farmers carry | 2:40 | 1:56 |
| Run 7 | 5:37 | 5:36 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:07 | 6:20 |
| Run 8 | 5:58 | 6:10 |
| Wall balls | 10:09 | 6:26 |
| Roxzone | 7:22 | 7:59 |
| Finish | 1:37:14 | 1:31:19 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Samy | Nicolas | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bordeaux 2026 Pro Men · 30 Sep 2026 | 1:43:56 | 1:44:25 | 0:29 · Samy faster |
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