Athlete · Open Women · 25-29 · NED NED

Merel Taal

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2 HYROX races over 2 seasons: 1 solo, 1 in a team with 1 partner.

Open Women time1:53:40Rotterdam 2025
Open Women place941stof 1,119 · Rotterdam 2025
Latest race1:35:51Maastricht 2025 · Doubles Women with Esmee VermolenFirst Doubles Women race
Strongest part of the raceFarmers carryfaster than 46% of Open Women at Rotterdam 2025
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Doubles Women, team 25-29, with Esmee Vermolen 1:35:51 810th of 1,069; 232nd of 297 aged 25-29 53:06 33:11 9:38 Runs 53:06 · Stations 33:11 · Roxzone 9:38

810th of 1,069 Doubles Women (faster than 24%). Against the 34 who finished around 1:35:32: most time gained on the eight runs (0:39), most lost on sandbag lunges (0:48). Runs 5 to 8 took 1:55 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 2:27 more).

Merel Taal at HYROX Maastricht 2025, Doubles Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Women at this race, and the share of the 1,069 Doubles Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 1,069 Doubles Women here
Run 1: 6:35 5:56 faster than 18%
SkiErg: 4:59 4:40 faster than 16%
Run 2: 6:13 5:45 faster than 25%
Sled push: 2:00 1:38 faster than 9%
Run 3: 6:14 5:57 faster than 37%
Sled pull: 4:26 4:05 faster than 31%
Run 4: 6:35 6:02 faster than 26%
Burpee broad jump: 4:40 4:15 faster than 36%
Run 5: 6:53 6:15 faster than 28%
Row: 5:21 5:04 faster than 23%
Run 6: 6:30 6:09 faster than 35%
Farmers carry: 2:13 1:50 faster than 7%
Run 7: 6:32 6:07 faster than 33%
Sandbag lunges: 4:49 3:45 faster than 13%
Run 8: 7:38 6:29 faster than 19%
Wall balls: 4:43 4:25 faster than 37%
Roxzone: 9:38 7:48 faster than 18%
Runs (8 km) 53:06 48:48 faster than 27%
Stations (8) 33:11
Finish 1:35:51 1:26:46 810th of 1,069 · faster than 24%

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Open Women, 25-29 1:53:40 941st of 1,119; 241st of 281 aged 25-29 56:48 47:23 9:35 Runs 56:48 · Stations 47:23 · Roxzone 9:35

941st of 1,119 Open Women (faster than 15%). Against the 34 who finished around 1:54:17: most time gained on wall balls (1:01), most lost on burpee broad jump (0:46). Runs 5 to 8 took 0:52 less than runs 1 to 4 (them: 2:42 more).

Merel Taal at HYROX Rotterdam 2025, Open Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Open Women at this race, and the share of the 1,119 Open Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 1,119 Open Women here
Run 1: 6:26 5:53 faster than 24%
SkiErg: 5:22 5:04 faster than 23%
Run 2: 6:28 5:37 faster than 18%
Sled push: 3:38 2:34 faster than 6%
Run 3: 9:12 5:53 faster than 1%
Sled pull: 7:13 5:38 faster than 16%
Run 4: 6:45 5:57 faster than 21%
Burpee broad jump: 10:19 6:52 faster than 10%
Run 5: 6:44 6:08 faster than 28%
Row: 5:44 5:18 faster than 17%
Run 6: 6:33 5:57 faster than 27%
Farmers carry: 2:15 2:12 faster than 45%
Run 7: 6:32 5:55 faster than 28%
Sandbag lunges: 6:18 5:02 faster than 21%
Run 8: 8:11 6:35 faster than 17%
Wall balls: 6:34 5:44 faster than 30%
Roxzone: 9:35 7:17 faster than 17%
Runs (8 km) 56:48 48:08 faster than 16%
Stations (8) 47:23
Finish 1:53:40 1:34:28 941st of 1,119 · faster than 15%

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How to read

Place is the position among timed finishers in the same race, division and gender; a doubles place is the team's. Runs is the organiser's official run total (it can differ from the eight laps added up by a few seconds), stations the eight stations added up, and roxzone the time moving between them. The age group is the one entered for that race; for a team it is the team’s age group.

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1 team partner

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Station profile · best Open Women race

Rotterdam 2025, against 1,119 Open Women

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Shape of the race

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

This chart shows where Merel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Strongest on Carry (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 7%).

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Part Merel: faster than
Ski 23%
Push 7%
Pull 17%
BBJ 11%
Row 18%
Carry 46%
Lunges 22%
Wall balls 31%
Roxzone 18%
Runs 17%

Further out means you beat more of the field on that part. A dent is a weak spot.

How you ranked on each station

SkiErg faster than 23%
Sled push faster than 7%
Sled pull faster than 17%
Burpee broad jump faster than 11%
Row faster than 18%
Farmers carry faster than 46%
Sandbag lunges faster than 22%
Wall balls faster than 31%
Roxzone faster than 18%
Runs (8 km) faster than 17%

How much of the field Merel beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: Farmers carry (faster than 46%); weakest: Sled push (faster than 7%).

Longer is better: the share of the field you beat.

Minutes against the typical finisher

SkiErg 0:18 slower
Sled push 1:04 slower
Sled pull 1:35 slower
Burpee broad jump 3:27 slower
Row 0:26 slower
Farmers carry 0:03 slower
Sandbag lunges 1:16 slower
Wall balls 0:50 slower
Roxzone 2:18 slower
Runs (8 km) 8:40 slower

Merel's time on each part against the typical Open Women finisher at this race.Best: Farmers carry (0:03 slower); weakest: Runs (8 km) (8:40 slower).

Green, left of centre: faster than the typical Open Women finisher at this race. Orange, right: slower, and by how much.

The race as one bar: Merel against the typical Open Women finisher

Merel1:53:40
6:265:226:283:389:127:136:4510:196:445:446:332:156:326:188:116:349:35
Typical Open Women1:33:36
5:535:045:372:345:535:385:576:526:085:185:572:125:555:026:355:447:17
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.Merel: 56:50 running, 47:23 at the stations and 9:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (10:19).Below, Typical Open Women: 47:55 running, 38:24 at the stations and 7:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:52).

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Part Merel Typical Open Women
Run 1 6:26 5:53
SkiErg 5:22 5:04
Run 2 6:28 5:37
Sled push 3:38 2:34
Run 3 9:12 5:53
Sled pull 7:13 5:38
Run 4 6:45 5:57
Burpee broad jump 10:19 6:52
Run 5 6:44 6:08
Row 5:44 5:18
Run 6 6:33 5:57
Farmers carry 2:15 2:12
Run 7 6:32 5:55
Sandbag lunges 6:18 5:02
Run 8 8:11 6:35
Wall balls 6:34 5:44
Roxzone 9:35 7:17
Finish 1:53:40 1:34:28

The race in order, left to right. A wider block than the one below is slower than typical.

Burpee broad jump cost 3:27 against the typical Open Women finisher at Rotterdam 2025. The burpee broad jump guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.

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