Nicholas vs Ruben
USA · Open Men · 1 result Nicholas Bucchio
BEL · Open Men · 3 results Ruben D'Hooghe
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Mechelen 2026, Open Men · Ruben: Ghent 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and Ruben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on BBJ (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 13%).Ruben: strongest on Push (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 40%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Ruben: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 60% | 40% |
| Push | 13% | 73% |
| Pull | 41% | 65% |
| BBJ | 64% | 60% |
| Row | 37% | 55% |
| Carry | 44% | 57% |
| Lunges | 47% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 52% | 50% |
| Roxzone | 49% | 62% |
| Runs | 28% | 40% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | Ruben |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 60% | 40% |
| Sled push | 13% | 73% |
| Sled pull | 41% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 64% | 60% |
| Row | 37% | 55% |
| Farmers carry | 44% | 57% |
| Sandbag lunges | 47% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 52% | 50% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 49% | 62% |
| Runs (8 km) | 28% | 40% |
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.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).Below, 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).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men | Ruben · Ghent 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:00 | 4:56 |
| SkiErg | 4:23 | 4:35 |
| Run 2 | 5:06 | 5:00 |
| Sled push | 3:24 | 2:44 |
| Run 3 | 5:19 | 5:04 |
| Sled pull | 4:33 | 4:36 |
| Run 4 | 5:20 | 5:12 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:01 | 5:00 |
| Run 5 | 5:48 | 5:38 |
| Row | 4:52 | 4:43 |
| Run 6 | 5:23 | 5:10 |
| Farmers carry | 2:09 | 1:58 |
| Run 7 | 5:02 | 5:12 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:04 | 4:29 |
| Run 8 | 6:02 | 5:27 |
| Wall balls | 6:37 | 6:59 |
| Roxzone | 7:54 | 6:18 |
| Finish | 1:25:49 | 1:22:54 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Ruben | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 | 1:25:49 | 1:25:49 | level |
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