Ruben vs Nicholas

BEL BEL · Open Men · 3 results

Ruben D'Hooghe

1:22:54 best Open Men time · Ghent 2025
675th of 1,429 place in that race · 1,429 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Nicholas Bucchio

1:25:49 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2026
1630th of 2,671 place in that race · 2,671 Open Men finishers

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

Ruben: Ghent 2025, Open Men · Nicholas: Mechelen 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ruben and Nicholas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ruben: strongest on Push (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 40%).Nicholas: strongest on BBJ (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 13%).

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Part Ruben: faster than Nicholas: faster than
Ski 40% 60%
Push 73% 13%
Pull 65% 41%
BBJ 60% 64%
Row 55% 37%
Carry 57% 44%
Lunges 65% 47%
Wall balls 50% 52%
Roxzone 62% 49%
Runs 40% 28%

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

Part by part

Part Ruben Nicholas
SkiErg 40% 60%
Sled push 73% 13%
Sled pull 65% 41%
Burpee broad jump 60% 64%
Row 55% 37%
Farmers carry 57% 44%
Sandbag lunges 65% 47%
Wall balls 50% 52%
Roxzone (moving) 62% 49%
Runs (8 km) 40% 28%

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

Ruben · Ghent 2025 · Open Men1:22:54
4:564:355:002:445:044:365:125:005:384:435:101:585:124:295:276:596:18
Nicholas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men1:25:49
4:004:235:063:245:194:335:205:015:484:525:232:095:025:046:026:377:54
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.Ruben · Ghent 2025 · Open Men: 41:39 running, 35:04 at the stations and 6:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:59).Below, Nicholas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 41:59 running, 36:04 at the stations and 7:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:37).

See the numbers
Part Ruben · Ghent 2025 · Open Men Nicholas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:56 4:00
SkiErg 4:35 4:23
Run 2 5:00 5:06
Sled push 2:44 3:24
Run 3 5:04 5:19
Sled pull 4:36 4:33
Run 4 5:12 5:20
Burpee broad jump 5:00 5:01
Run 5 5:38 5:48
Row 4:43 4:52
Run 6 5:10 5:23
Farmers carry 1:58 2:09
Run 7 5:12 5:02
Sandbag lunges 4:29 5:04
Run 8 5:27 6:02
Wall balls 6:59 6:37
Roxzone 6:18 7:54
Finish 1:22:54 1:25:49

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ruben Nicholas Gap
Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 1:25:49 1:25:49 level
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