Ali vs Nickolaj

NED NED · Open Men · 3 results

Ali Farhad

1:13:35 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2025
299th of 2,469 place in that race · 2,469 Open Men finishers
DEN DEN · Open Men · 6 results

Nickolaj Christensen

1:17:48 best Open Men time · Heerenveen 2026
576th of 1,771 place in that race · 1,771 Open Men finishers

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

Ali: Rotterdam 2025, Open Men · Nickolaj: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ali and Nickolaj sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ali: strongest on BBJ (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 24%).Nickolaj: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 38%).

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Part Ali: faster than Nickolaj: faster than
Ski 24% 75%
Push 51% 47%
Pull 82% 46%
BBJ 94% 69%
Row 55% 71%
Carry 52% 39%
Lunges 88% 38%
Wall balls 84% 72%
Roxzone 68% 77%
Runs 88% 66%

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

Part by part

Part Ali Nickolaj
SkiErg 24% 75%
Sled push 51% 47%
Sled pull 82% 46%
Burpee broad jump 94% 69%
Row 55% 71%
Farmers carry 52% 39%
Sandbag lunges 88% 38%
Wall balls 84% 72%
Roxzone (moving) 68% 77%
Runs (8 km) 88% 66%

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

Ali · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men1:13:35
4:154:384:082:484:334:114:353:524:444:424:542:064:413:554:554:406:05
Nickolaj · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men1:17:48
4:154:164:292:484:374:144:394:524:414:354:462:104:545:135:105:446:32
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.Ali · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men: 36:44 running, 30:52 at the stations and 6:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:42).Below, Nickolaj · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 37:31 running, 33:52 at the stations and 6:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:44).

See the numbers
Part Ali · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men Nickolaj · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:15 4:15
SkiErg 4:38 4:16
Run 2 4:08 4:29
Sled push 2:48 2:48
Run 3 4:33 4:37
Sled pull 4:11 4:14
Run 4 4:35 4:39
Burpee broad jump 3:52 4:52
Run 5 4:44 4:41
Row 4:42 4:35
Run 6 4:54 4:46
Farmers carry 2:06 2:10
Run 7 4:41 4:54
Sandbag lunges 3:55 5:13
Run 8 4:55 5:10
Wall balls 4:40 5:44
Roxzone 6:05 6:32
Finish 1:13:35 1:17:48

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ali Nickolaj Gap
Heerenveen 2026 Open Men · 17 May 2026 1:17:49 1:17:48 0:01 · Nickolaj faster
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