Nicholas vs Karsten
USA · Open Men · 3 results Nicholas First
USA · Open Men · 4 results Karsten Ch'Ien
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Stockholm 2025, Open Men · Karsten: New York 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and Karsten 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%).Karsten: strongest on BBJ (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 62%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Karsten: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 85% | 76% |
| Push | 89% | 74% |
| Pull | 80% | 62% |
| BBJ | 84% | 96% |
| Row | 94% | 82% |
| Carry | 82% | 69% |
| Lunges | 50% | 90% |
| Wall balls | 91% | 82% |
| Roxzone | 78% | 88% |
| 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 | Karsten |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 85% | 76% |
| Sled push | 89% | 74% |
| Sled pull | 80% | 62% |
| Burpee broad jump | 84% | 96% |
| Row | 94% | 82% |
| Farmers carry | 82% | 69% |
| Sandbag lunges | 50% | 90% |
| Wall balls | 91% | 82% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 78% | 88% |
| 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
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, Karsten · New York 2025 · Open Men: 37:45 running, 29:30 at the stations and 3:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:16).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men | Karsten · New York 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:11 | 4:28 |
| SkiErg | 4:10 | 4:19 |
| Run 2 | 4:13 | 4:16 |
| Sled push | 2:09 | 2:10 |
| Run 3 | 4:23 | 4:25 |
| Sled pull | 3:53 | 3:49 |
| Run 4 | 4:22 | 4:27 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:16 | 3:18 |
| Run 5 | 4:31 | 4:44 |
| Row | 4:16 | 4:33 |
| Run 6 | 4:38 | 4:38 |
| Farmers carry | 1:37 | 2:06 |
| Run 7 | 4:36 | 4:42 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:13 | 3:58 |
| Run 8 | 4:58 | 6:05 |
| Wall balls | 4:54 | 5:16 |
| Roxzone | 6:22 | 3:58 |
| Finish | 1:12:32 | 1:11:06 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Karsten | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 | 1:17:45 | 1:17:43 | 0:02 · Karsten faster |
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