Nicolas vs Markus

FRA FRA · Open Men · 5 results

Nicolas Paties

1:20:59 best Pro Men time · Karlsruhe 2026
147th of 320 place in that race · 320 Pro Men finishers
GER GER · Pro Men · 8 results

Markus Michel

1:14:55 best Pro Men time · Berlin 2025
311th of 547 place in that race · 547 Pro Men finishers

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

Nicolas: Lyon 2026, Open Men · Markus: Cologne 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nicolas and Markus sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicolas: strongest on Carry (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 32%).Markus: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 58%).

See the numbers
Part Nicolas: faster than Markus: faster than
Ski 63% 58%
Push 95% 72%
Pull 73% 62%
BBJ 80% 71%
Row 32% 79%
Carry 98% 61%
Lunges 74% 89%
Wall balls 95% 92%
Roxzone 56% 94%
Runs 35% 83%

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

Part by part

Part Nicolas Markus
SkiErg 63% 58%
Sled push 95% 72%
Sled pull 73% 62%
Burpee broad jump 80% 71%
Row 32% 79%
Farmers carry 98% 61%
Sandbag lunges 74% 89%
Wall balls 95% 92%
Roxzone (moving) 56% 94%
Runs (8 km) 35% 83%

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

Nicolas · Lyon 2026 · Open Men1:19:20
3:404:274:312:475:084:405:114:205:234:585:111:295:534:235:464:237:19
Markus · Cologne 2025 · Open Men1:11:02
4:184:214:092:334:174:114:254:324:314:304:251:564:303:355:294:494:31
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.Nicolas · Lyon 2026 · Open Men: 40:43 running, 31:26 at the stations and 7:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:58).Below, Markus · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 36:04 running, 30:26 at the stations and 4:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:49).

See the numbers
Part Nicolas · Lyon 2026 · Open Men Markus · Cologne 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:40 4:18
SkiErg 4:27 4:21
Run 2 4:31 4:09
Sled push 2:47 2:33
Run 3 5:08 4:17
Sled pull 4:40 4:11
Run 4 5:11 4:25
Burpee broad jump 4:20 4:32
Run 5 5:23 4:31
Row 4:58 4:30
Run 6 5:11 4:25
Farmers carry 1:29 1:56
Run 7 5:53 4:30
Sandbag lunges 4:23 3:35
Run 8 5:46 5:29
Wall balls 4:23 4:49
Roxzone 7:19 4:31
Finish 1:19:20 1:11:02

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nicolas Markus Gap
Karlsruhe 2026 Pro Men · 1 Oct 2026 1:20:59 1:21:06 0:07 · Nicolas faster
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