Karim vs Romain

FRA FRA · Open Men · 3 results

Karim Bouafia

1:11:30 best Open Men time · Lyon 2026
467th of 3,441 place in that race · 3,441 Open Men finishers
FRA FRA · Open Men · 4 results

Romain Babeau

1:11:33 best Open Men time · Lyon 2026
469th of 3,441 place in that race · 3,441 Open Men finishers

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

Karim: Lyon 2026, Open Men · Romain: Lyon 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Karim and Romain sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karim: strongest on Carry (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 61%).Romain: strongest on Pull (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 42%).

See the numbers
Part Karim: faster than Romain: faster than
Ski 70% 42%
Push 91% 59%
Pull 70% 93%
BBJ 66% 70%
Row 61% 71%
Carry 95% 84%
Lunges 75% 75%
Wall balls 71% 89%
Roxzone 85% 85%
Runs 90% 85%

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

Part by part

Part Karim Romain
SkiErg 70% 42%
Sled push 91% 59%
Sled pull 70% 93%
Burpee broad jump 66% 70%
Row 61% 71%
Farmers carry 95% 84%
Sandbag lunges 75% 75%
Wall balls 71% 89%
Roxzone (moving) 85% 85%
Runs (8 km) 90% 85%

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

Karim · Lyon 2026 · Open Men1:11:30
2:584:243:592:554:234:454:164:504:104:424:011:364:034:214:185:476:08
Romain · Lyon 2026 · Open Men1:11:33
3:124:373:583:334:163:534:164:414:254:374:151:464:144:224:354:536:08
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.Karim · Lyon 2026 · Open Men: 32:08 running, 33:20 at the stations and 6:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:47).Below, Romain · Lyon 2026 · Open Men: 33:11 running, 32:22 at the stations and 6:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:53).

See the numbers
Part Karim · Lyon 2026 · Open Men Romain · Lyon 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:58 3:12
SkiErg 4:24 4:37
Run 2 3:59 3:58
Sled push 2:55 3:33
Run 3 4:23 4:16
Sled pull 4:45 3:53
Run 4 4:16 4:16
Burpee broad jump 4:50 4:41
Run 5 4:10 4:25
Row 4:42 4:37
Run 6 4:01 4:15
Farmers carry 1:36 1:46
Run 7 4:03 4:14
Sandbag lunges 4:21 4:22
Run 8 4:18 4:35
Wall balls 5:47 4:53
Roxzone 6:08 6:08
Finish 1:11:30 1:11:33

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Karim Romain Gap
Lyon 2026 Open Men · 21 May 2026 1:11:30 1:11:33 0:03 · Karim faster
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