Raphael vs Nikola
GER · Open Men · 5 results Raphael Ehlers
CRO · Open Men · 3 results Nikola Petrov
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Raphael: Amsterdam 2024, Open Men · Nikola: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Raphael and Nikola sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Raphael: strongest on Pull (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 22%).Nikola: strongest on Ski (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 19%).
See the numbers
| Part | Raphael: faster than | Nikola: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 81% | 75% |
| Push | 87% | 38% |
| Pull | 95% | 19% |
| BBJ | 64% | 22% |
| Row | 87% | 39% |
| Carry | 39% | 30% |
| Lunges | 60% | 51% |
| Wall balls | 22% | 33% |
| Roxzone | 66% | 24% |
| Runs | 62% | 32% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Raphael | Nikola |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 81% | 75% |
| Sled push | 87% | 38% |
| Sled pull | 95% | 19% |
| Burpee broad jump | 64% | 22% |
| Row | 87% | 39% |
| Farmers carry | 39% | 30% |
| Sandbag lunges | 60% | 51% |
| Wall balls | 22% | 33% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 66% | 24% |
| Runs (8 km) | 62% | 32% |
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.Raphael · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men: 42:29 running, 33:11 at the stations and 5:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:42) and the shortest the sled push (1:56).Below, Nikola · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 42:48 running, 38:59 at the stations and 9:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:47).
See the numbers
| Part | Raphael · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men | Nikola · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:36 | 4:45 |
| SkiErg | 4:11 | 4:16 |
| Run 2 | 5:00 | 5:04 |
| Sled push | 1:56 | 2:56 |
| Run 3 | 5:19 | 5:23 |
| Sled pull | 3:09 | 5:00 |
| Run 4 | 5:28 | 5:15 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:03 | 7:00 |
| Run 5 | 5:34 | 5:22 |
| Row | 4:26 | 4:52 |
| Run 6 | 5:26 | 5:26 |
| Farmers carry | 2:05 | 2:18 |
| Run 7 | 5:37 | 5:24 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:40 | 4:50 |
| Run 8 | 6:29 | 6:09 |
| Wall balls | 7:42 | 7:47 |
| Roxzone | 5:41 | 9:24 |
| Finish | 1:21:17 | 1:31:04 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Raphael | Nikola | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heerenveen 2026 Open Men · 17 May 2026 | 1:31:05 | 1:31:04 | 0:01 · Nikola faster |
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