Nestor vs Michael

COL COL · Open Men · 8 results

Nestor Taffur

1:11:24 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
121st of 940 place in that race · 940 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Michael van de Hey

1:17:50 best Open Men time · New York 2026
787th of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Nestor: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Michael: New York 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nestor and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nestor: strongest on Carry (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 79%).Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 61%).

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Part Nestor: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 86% 80%
Push 92% 98%
Pull 90% 95%
BBJ 87% 61%
Row 91% 86%
Carry 92% 67%
Lunges 80% 88%
Wall balls 82% 80%
Roxzone 86% 63%
Runs 79% 78%

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

Part by part

Part Nestor Michael
SkiErg 86% 80%
Sled push 92% 98%
Sled pull 90% 95%
Burpee broad jump 87% 61%
Row 91% 86%
Farmers carry 92% 67%
Sandbag lunges 80% 88%
Wall balls 82% 80%
Roxzone (moving) 86% 63%
Runs (8 km) 79% 78%

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

Nestor · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:11:24
5:234:144:102:144:233:534:254:024:394:244:231:354:354:134:245:155:19
Michael · New York 2026 · Open Men1:17:50
4:294:194:112:054:363:314:495:175:134:325:062:104:404:136:415:526:15
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.Nestor · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 36:22 running, 29:49 at the stations and 5:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:15).Below, Michael · New York 2026 · Open Men: 39:45 running, 31:59 at the stations and 6:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:52) and the shortest the sled push (2:05).

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Part Nestor · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men Michael · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:23 4:29
SkiErg 4:14 4:19
Run 2 4:10 4:11
Sled push 2:14 2:05
Run 3 4:23 4:36
Sled pull 3:53 3:31
Run 4 4:25 4:49
Burpee broad jump 4:02 5:17
Run 5 4:39 5:13
Row 4:24 4:32
Run 6 4:23 5:06
Farmers carry 1:35 2:10
Run 7 4:35 4:40
Sandbag lunges 4:13 4:13
Run 8 4:24 6:41
Wall balls 5:15 5:52
Roxzone 5:19 6:15
Finish 1:11:24 1:17:50

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nestor Michael Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:17:51 1:17:50 0:01 · Michael faster
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