Nicholas vs Darien

USA USA · Open Men · 3 results

Nicholas First

1:12:32 best Open Men time · Stockholm 2025
302nd of 1,805 place in that race · 1,805 Open Men finishers
HAI HAI · Open Men · 1 result

Darien Samuels

1:17:45 best Open Men time · New York 2026
780th of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Nicholas: Stockholm 2025, Open Men · Darien: New York 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nicholas and Darien sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Row (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 50%).Darien: strongest on BBJ (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 43%).

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Part Nicholas: faster than Darien: faster than
Ski 85% 84%
Push 89% 47%
Pull 80% 86%
BBJ 84% 99%
Row 94% 83%
Carry 82% 43%
Lunges 50% 74%
Wall balls 91% 67%
Roxzone 78% 80%
Runs 75% 78%

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

Part by part

Part Nicholas Darien
SkiErg 85% 84%
Sled push 89% 47%
Sled pull 80% 86%
Burpee broad jump 84% 99%
Row 94% 83%
Farmers carry 82% 43%
Sandbag lunges 50% 74%
Wall balls 91% 67%
Roxzone (moving) 78% 80%
Runs (8 km) 75% 78%

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

Nicholas · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men1:12:32
4:114:104:132:094:233:534:224:164:314:164:381:374:365:134:584:546:22
Darien · New York 2026 · Open Men1:17:45
4:214:174:333:114:473:544:362:574:504:354:432:305:064:526:476:385:15
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.Nicholas · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men: 35:52 running, 30:29 at the stations and 6:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:13).Below, Darien · New York 2026 · Open Men: 39:43 running, 32:53 at the stations and 5:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:38).

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Part Nicholas · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men Darien · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:11 4:21
SkiErg 4:10 4:17
Run 2 4:13 4:33
Sled push 2:09 3:11
Run 3 4:23 4:47
Sled pull 3:53 3:54
Run 4 4:22 4:36
Burpee broad jump 4:16 2:57
Run 5 4:31 4:50
Row 4:16 4:35
Run 6 4:38 4:43
Farmers carry 1:37 2:30
Run 7 4:36 5:06
Sandbag lunges 5:13 4:52
Run 8 4:58 6:47
Wall balls 4:54 6:38
Roxzone 6:22 5:15
Finish 1:12:32 1:17:45

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nicholas Darien Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:17:45 1:17:45 level
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