Nicholas vs Ryan
Nicholas Chaplow
Ryan Valderama
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Ryan: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and Ryan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Pull (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 31%).Ryan: strongest on Runs (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 14%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Ryan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 37% | 68% |
| Push | 78% | 19% |
| Pull | 84% | 72% |
| BBJ | 72% | 74% |
| Row | 65% | 82% |
| Carry | 70% | 14% |
| Lunges | 70% | 82% |
| Wall balls | 31% | 72% |
| Roxzone | 64% | 69% |
| Runs | 82% | 92% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | Ryan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 37% | 68% |
| Sled push | 78% | 19% |
| Sled pull | 84% | 72% |
| Burpee broad jump | 72% | 74% |
| Row | 65% | 82% |
| Farmers carry | 70% | 14% |
| Sandbag lunges | 70% | 82% |
| Wall balls | 31% | 72% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 64% | 69% |
| Runs (8 km) | 82% | 92% |
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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 36:43 running, 35:26 at the stations and 3:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:11).Below, Ryan · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 27:26 running, 34:23 at the stations and 10:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Ryan · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:40 | 2:40 |
| SkiErg | 4:41 | 4:41 |
| Run 2 | 4:11 | 3:09 |
| Sled push | 2:38 | 3:22 |
| Run 3 | 4:30 | 3:18 |
| Sled pull | 3:33 | 4:15 |
| Run 4 | 4:33 | 3:20 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:54 | 4:34 |
| Run 5 | 4:45 | 3:24 |
| Row | 4:41 | 4:37 |
| Run 6 | 4:43 | 3:24 |
| Farmers carry | 2:25 | 2:42 |
| Run 7 | 4:13 | 3:22 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:24 | 4:08 |
| Run 8 | 5:07 | 4:49 |
| Wall balls | 8:11 | 6:04 |
| Roxzone | 3:30 | 10:41 |
| Finish | 1:15:34 | 1:12:22 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Ryan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:15:34 | 1:15:32 | 0:02 · Ryan faster |
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