Ahmed vs Iliyan
Ahmed Ouali
Iliyan Popov
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ahmed: Istanbul 2026, Open Men · Iliyan: Istanbul 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ahmed and Iliyan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ahmed: strongest on Runs (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 3%).Iliyan: strongest on Lunges (faster than 66% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ahmed: faster than | Iliyan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 22% | 50% |
| Push | 3% | 38% |
| Pull | 37% | 26% |
| BBJ | 20% | 37% |
| Row | 34% | 43% |
| Carry | 77% | 42% |
| Lunges | 32% | 66% |
| Wall balls | 20% | 37% |
| Roxzone | 70% | 40% |
| Runs | 81% | 66% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ahmed | Iliyan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 22% | 50% |
| Sled push | 3% | 38% |
| Sled pull | 37% | 26% |
| Burpee broad jump | 20% | 37% |
| Row | 34% | 43% |
| Farmers carry | 77% | 42% |
| Sandbag lunges | 32% | 66% |
| Wall balls | 20% | 37% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 70% | 40% |
| Runs (8 km) | 81% | 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
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.Ahmed · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men: 33:29 running, 43:38 at the stations and 8:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:10).Below, Iliyan · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men: 36:42 running, 38:23 at the stations and 10:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Ahmed · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men | Iliyan · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:21 | 4:43 |
| SkiErg | 4:48 | 4:31 |
| Run 2 | 3:40 | 4:07 |
| Sled push | 4:37 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 4:13 | 4:32 |
| Sled pull | 5:10 | 5:39 |
| Run 4 | 4:03 | 4:20 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:58 | 5:54 |
| Run 5 | 4:28 | 4:20 |
| Row | 4:56 | 4:50 |
| Run 6 | 4:05 | 4:37 |
| Farmers carry | 1:51 | 2:17 |
| Run 7 | 4:05 | 4:28 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:08 | 4:46 |
| Run 8 | 4:34 | 5:35 |
| Wall balls | 9:10 | 7:29 |
| Roxzone | 8:17 | 10:14 |
| Finish | 1:25:17 | 1:25:09 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ahmed | Iliyan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul 2026 Open Men · 1 Aug 2026 | 1:25:17 | 1:25:09 | 0:08 · Iliyan faster |
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