Kevin vs Karsten

GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Kevin Smith

1:17:01 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
817th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
DEN DEN · Open Men · 6 results

Karsten Grøn Nielsen

1:24:33 best Open Men time · Berlin 2026
1908th of 4,143 place in that race · 4,143 Open Men finishers

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

Kevin: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Karsten: Berlin 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Kevin and Karsten sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Kevin: strongest on Lunges (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 19%).Karsten: strongest on Carry (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 28%).

See the numbers
Part Kevin: faster than Karsten: faster than
Ski 19% 28%
Push 46% 50%
Pull 71% 78%
BBJ 30% 72%
Row 24% 28%
Carry 93% 85%
Lunges 98% 44%
Wall balls 62% 36%
Roxzone 21% 60%
Runs 84% 48%

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

Part by part

Part Kevin Karsten
SkiErg 19% 28%
Sled push 46% 50%
Sled pull 71% 78%
Burpee broad jump 30% 72%
Row 24% 28%
Farmers carry 93% 85%
Sandbag lunges 98% 44%
Wall balls 62% 36%
Roxzone (moving) 21% 60%
Runs (8 km) 84% 48%

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

Kevin · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:17:01
3:074:414:282:474:433:564:486:254:445:044:571:374:492:564:056:187:45
Karsten · Berlin 2026 · Open Men1:24:33
3:404:443:573:204:033:413:564:464:075:054:121:504:265:356:087:5513:17
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.Kevin · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 35:41 running, 33:44 at the stations and 7:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:25).Below, Karsten · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 34:29 running, 36:55 at the stations and 13:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:55).

See the numbers
Part Kevin · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Karsten · Berlin 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:07 3:40
SkiErg 4:41 4:44
Run 2 4:28 3:57
Sled push 2:47 3:20
Run 3 4:43 4:03
Sled pull 3:56 3:41
Run 4 4:48 3:56
Burpee broad jump 6:25 4:46
Run 5 4:44 4:07
Row 5:04 5:05
Run 6 4:57 4:12
Farmers carry 1:37 1:50
Run 7 4:49 4:26
Sandbag lunges 2:56 5:35
Run 8 4:05 6:08
Wall balls 6:18 7:55
Roxzone 7:45 13:17
Finish 1:17:01 1:24:33

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Kevin Karsten Gap
Berlin 2026 Open Men · 22 May 2026 1:24:31 1:24:33 0:02 · Kevin faster
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