Nicholas vs Nico
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Nicholas Affat
RSA · Open Men · 5 results Nico van Zyl
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Cape Town 2024, Open Men · Nico: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and Nico 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%).Nico: strongest on Row (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 84%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Nico: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 48% | 94% |
| Push | 41% | 93% |
| Pull | 55% | 94% |
| BBJ | 85% | 90% |
| Row | 60% | 95% |
| Carry | 46% | 94% |
| Lunges | 60% | 93% |
| Wall balls | 63% | 93% |
| Roxzone | 80% | 94% |
| Runs | 77% | 84% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | Nico |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 48% | 94% |
| Sled push | 41% | 93% |
| Sled pull | 55% | 94% |
| Burpee broad jump | 85% | 90% |
| Row | 60% | 95% |
| Farmers carry | 46% | 94% |
| Sandbag lunges | 60% | 93% |
| Wall balls | 63% | 93% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 80% | 94% |
| Runs (8 km) | 77% | 84% |
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.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, Nico · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 41:06 running, 31:18 at the stations and 5:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:25).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas · Cape Town 2024 · Open Men | Nico · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:31 | 3:29 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:20 |
| Run 2 | 4:36 | 4:48 |
| Sled push | 2:15 | 2:32 |
| Run 3 | 4:52 | 5:10 |
| Sled pull | 4:27 | 4:08 |
| Run 4 | 4:50 | 5:21 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:14 | 4:41 |
| Run 5 | 5:06 | 5:24 |
| Row | 4:46 | 4:28 |
| Run 6 | 4:49 | 5:30 |
| Farmers carry | 2:14 | 1:43 |
| Run 7 | 5:00 | 5:32 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:57 | 4:01 |
| Run 8 | 6:02 | 5:52 |
| Wall balls | 5:58 | 5:25 |
| Roxzone | 5:36 | 5:41 |
| Finish | 1:18:26 | 1:17:58 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Nico | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:19:21 | 1:19:20 | 0:01 · Nico faster |
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