Nicholas vs Kirk

AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Nicholas Mechtler

1:28:50 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
1936th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Kirk Gehri

1:28:48 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
1934th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers

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

Nicholas: Sydney 2026, Open Men · Kirk: Sydney 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nicholas and Kirk sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Push (faster than 66% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 24%).Kirk: strongest on BBJ (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).

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Part Nicholas: faster than Kirk: faster than
Ski 51% 6%
Push 66% 41%
Pull 27% 28%
BBJ 56% 72%
Row 49% 12%
Carry 24% 58%
Lunges 25% 5%
Wall balls 60% 37%
Roxzone 52% 45%
Runs 36% 68%

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

Part by part

Part Nicholas Kirk
SkiErg 51% 6%
Sled push 66% 41%
Sled pull 27% 28%
Burpee broad jump 56% 72%
Row 49% 12%
Farmers carry 24% 58%
Sandbag lunges 25% 5%
Wall balls 60% 37%
Roxzone (moving) 52% 45%
Runs (8 km) 36% 68%

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

Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:28:50
4:074:264:372:245:025:155:095:275:314:465:252:294:556:517:326:278:36
Kirk · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:28:48
6:235:074:092:454:195:124:224:524:535:204:111:595:4010:097:518:53
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.Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 42:19 running, 38:05 at the stations and 8:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:51) and the shortest the sled push (2:24).Below, Kirk · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 33:57 running, 43:15 at the stations and 8:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (10:09).

See the numbers
Part Nicholas · Sydney 2026 · Open Men Kirk · Sydney 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:07 6:23
SkiErg 4:26 5:07
Run 2 4:37 4:09
Sled push 2:24 2:45
Run 3 5:02 4:19
Sled pull 5:15 5:12
Run 4 5:09 4:22
Burpee broad jump 5:27 4:52
Run 5 5:31 4:53
Row 4:46 5:20
Run 6 5:25 4:11
Farmers carry 2:29 1:59
Run 7 4:55 5:40
Sandbag lunges 6:51 10:09
Run 8 7:32 —
Wall balls 6:27 7:51
Roxzone 8:36 8:53
Finish 1:28:50 1:28:48

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nicholas Kirk Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:28:50 1:28:48 0:02 · Kirk faster
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