Samuel vs Nicholas
USA · Open Men · 6 results Samuel Cottrell
CAN · Open Men · 10 results Nicholas Karpiuk
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Samuel: Toronto 2025, Open Men · Nicholas: Ottawa 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Samuel and Nicholas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samuel: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 82%).Nicholas: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 97%).
See the numbers
| Part | Samuel: faster than | Nicholas: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 99% | 99% |
| Push | 90% | 98% |
| Pull | 82% | 99% |
| BBJ | 97% | 98% |
| Row | 99% | 99% |
| Carry | 89% | 97% |
| Lunges | 98% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 97% | 98% |
| Roxzone | 99% | 99% |
| Runs | 99% | 99% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Samuel | Nicholas |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 99% | 99% |
| Sled push | 90% | 98% |
| Sled pull | 82% | 99% |
| Burpee broad jump | 97% | 98% |
| Row | 99% | 99% |
| Farmers carry | 89% | 97% |
| Sandbag lunges | 98% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 97% | 98% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 99% | 99% |
| Runs (8 km) | 99% | 99% |
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.Samuel · Toronto 2025 · Open Men: 28:48 running, 27:52 at the stations and 4:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:36).Below, Nicholas · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men: 31:20 running, 25:11 at the stations and 3:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:16).
See the numbers
| Part | Samuel · Toronto 2025 · Open Men | Nicholas · Ottawa 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:50 | 3:54 |
| SkiErg | 4:04 | 4:00 |
| Run 2 | 3:34 | 3:46 |
| Sled push | 2:17 | 1:55 |
| Run 3 | 3:52 | 3:52 |
| Sled pull | 4:24 | 2:49 |
| Run 4 | 3:44 | 3:53 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:24 | 3:25 |
| Run 5 | 3:56 | 3:56 |
| Row | 4:06 | 4:03 |
| Run 6 | 3:44 | 3:52 |
| Farmers carry | 1:42 | 1:37 |
| Run 7 | 3:49 | 3:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:19 | 3:05 |
| Run 8 | 3:19 | 4:12 |
| Wall balls | 4:36 | 4:16 |
| Roxzone | 4:06 | 3:47 |
| Finish | 1:00:39 | 1:00:10 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Samuel | Nicholas | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa 2026 Open Men · 14 May 2026 | 1:00:49 | 1:00:10 | 0:39 · Nicholas faster |
| Toronto 2025 Open Men · 4 Oct 2025 | 1:00:39 | 1:13:00 | 12:21 · Samuel faster |
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