Nicholas vs Ben-Pierre

RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Nicholas Affat

1:18:26 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2024
59th of 247 place in that race · 247 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Ben-Pierre Gerber

1:19:16 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2025
124th of 781 place in that race · 781 Open Men finishers

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

Nicholas: Cape Town 2024, Open Men · Ben-Pierre: Cape Town 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
NicholasBen-Pierreedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Nicholas and Ben-Pierre sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on BBJ (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 41%).Ben-Pierre: strongest on Ski (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 49%).

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Part Nicholas: faster than Ben-Pierre: faster than
Ski 48% 94%
Push 41% 49%
Pull 55% 68%
BBJ 85% 79%
Row 60% 85%
Carry 46% 52%
Lunges 60% 87%
Wall balls 63% 78%
Roxzone 80% 77%
Runs 77% 81%

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

Part by part

Part Nicholas Ben-Pierre
SkiErg 48% 94%
Sled push 41% 49%
Sled pull 55% 68%
Burpee broad jump 85% 79%
Row 60% 85%
Farmers carry 46% 52%
Sandbag lunges 60% 87%
Wall balls 63% 78%
Roxzone (moving) 80% 77%
Runs (8 km) 77% 81%

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 · Cape Town 2024 · Open Men1:18:26
4:314:194:362:154:524:274:504:145:064:464:492:145:004:576:025:585:36
Ben-Pierre · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men1:19:16
3:154:014:563:065:014:405:094:355:134:375:292:095:244:135:506:005:48
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.Nicholas · Cape Town 2024 · Open Men: 39:46 running, 33:10 at the stations and 5:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:58).Below, Ben-Pierre · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 40:17 running, 33:22 at the stations and 5:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:00).

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Part Nicholas · Cape Town 2024 · Open Men Ben-Pierre · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:31 3:15
SkiErg 4:19 4:01
Run 2 4:36 4:56
Sled push 2:15 3:06
Run 3 4:52 5:01
Sled pull 4:27 4:40
Run 4 4:50 5:09
Burpee broad jump 4:14 4:35
Run 5 5:06 5:13
Row 4:46 4:37
Run 6 4:49 5:29
Farmers carry 2:14 2:09
Run 7 5:00 5:24
Sandbag lunges 4:57 4:13
Run 8 6:02 5:50
Wall balls 5:58 6:00
Roxzone 5:36 5:48
Finish 1:18:26 1:19:16

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nicholas Ben-Pierre Gap
Cape Town 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 1:19:21 1:19:16 0:05 · Ben-Pierre faster
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