Richard vs Niklas

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Richard Gibbons

1:28:37 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3591st of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 5 results

Niklas Dreßler

1:39:35 best Open Men time · Berlin 2026
3205th of 4,143 place in that race · 4,143 Open Men finishers

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

Richard: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Niklas: Berlin 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Richard and Niklas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on BBJ (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 25%).Niklas: strongest on Lunges (faster than 48% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 11%).

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Part Richard: faster than Niklas: faster than
Ski 39% 46%
Push 25% 29%
Pull 28% 11%
BBJ 67% 17%
Row 50% 37%
Carry 50% 22%
Lunges 37% 48%
Wall balls 25% 22%
Roxzone 45% 24%
Runs 31% 23%

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

Part by part

Part Richard Niklas
SkiErg 39% 46%
Sled push 25% 29%
Sled pull 28% 11%
Burpee broad jump 67% 17%
Row 50% 37%
Farmers carry 50% 22%
Sandbag lunges 37% 48%
Wall balls 25% 22%
Roxzone (moving) 45% 24%
Runs (8 km) 31% 23%

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

Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:28:37
3:334:563:533:134:095:294:164:514:314:564:222:034:345:406:519:2612:02
Niklas · Berlin 2026 · Open Men1:39:35
3:374:344:083:474:175:584:047:464:284:584:242:494:205:249:369:1316:20
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.Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 36:10 running, 40:34 at the stations and 12:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:26).Below, Niklas · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 38:54 running, 44:30 at the stations and 16:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:13).

See the numbers
Part Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Niklas · Berlin 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:33 3:37
SkiErg 4:56 4:34
Run 2 3:53 4:08
Sled push 3:13 3:47
Run 3 4:09 4:17
Sled pull 5:29 5:58
Run 4 4:16 4:04
Burpee broad jump 4:51 7:46
Run 5 4:31 4:28
Row 4:56 4:58
Run 6 4:22 4:24
Farmers carry 2:03 2:49
Run 7 4:34 4:20
Sandbag lunges 5:40 5:24
Run 8 6:51 9:36
Wall balls 9:26 9:13
Roxzone 12:02 16:20
Finish 1:28:37 1:39:35

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Richard Niklas Gap
Berlin 2026 Open Men · 22 May 2026 1:39:39 1:39:35 0:04 · Niklas faster
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