Stephen vs Nicholas
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Stephen Howson
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Nicholas Thorley
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Stephen: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Nicholas: Copenhagen 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Stephen and Nicholas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stephen: strongest on Ski (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 0%).Nicholas: strongest on Pull (faster than 27% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 4%).
See the numbers
| Part | Stephen: faster than | Nicholas: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 83% | 4% |
| Push | 54% | 5% |
| Pull | 39% | 27% |
| BBJ | 46% | 7% |
| Row | 37% | 4% |
| Carry | 20% | 4% |
| Lunges | 52% | 27% |
| Wall balls | 31% | 14% |
| Roxzone | 2% | 8% |
| Runs | 0% | 6% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Stephen | Nicholas |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 83% | 4% |
| Sled push | 54% | 5% |
| Sled pull | 39% | 27% |
| Burpee broad jump | 46% | 7% |
| Row | 37% | 4% |
| Farmers carry | 20% | 4% |
| Sandbag lunges | 52% | 27% |
| Wall balls | 31% | 14% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 2% | 8% |
| Runs (8 km) | 0% | 6% |
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.Stephen · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 1:18:08 running, 39:58 at the stations and 12:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:36).Below, Nicholas · Copenhagen 2025 · Open Men: 55:26 running, 46:40 at the stations and 10:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:54).
See the numbers
| Part | Stephen · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Nicholas · Copenhagen 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 10:55 | 6:38 |
| SkiErg | 4:15 | 5:12 |
| Run 2 | 9:08 | 6:04 |
| Sled push | 3:10 | 4:25 |
| Run 3 | 9:30 | 6:34 |
| Sled pull | 5:22 | 4:58 |
| Run 4 | 9:16 | 7:03 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:48 | 8:26 |
| Run 5 | 9:49 | 8:01 |
| Row | 4:57 | 5:42 |
| Run 6 | 9:28 | 6:41 |
| Farmers carry | 2:42 | 3:07 |
| Run 7 | 9:35 | 6:33 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:08 | 5:55 |
| Run 8 | 10:27 | 7:52 |
| Wall balls | 8:36 | 8:54 |
| Roxzone | 12:17 | 10:39 |
| Finish | 2:10:15 | 1:52:36 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Stephen | Nicholas | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 2:10:15 | 2:10:45 | 0:30 · Stephen faster |
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