Michael vs Thomas
BEL · Open Men · 1 result Michael de Backer
BEL · Open Men · 5 results Thomas Scheldeman
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Thomas: Utrecht 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Thomas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 15%).Thomas: strongest on Carry (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 28%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Thomas: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 60% | 32% |
| Push | 68% | 28% |
| Pull | 33% | 64% |
| BBJ | 25% | 53% |
| Row | 28% | 38% |
| Carry | 75% | 85% |
| Lunges | 70% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 45% |
| Roxzone | 15% | 33% |
| Runs | 15% | 34% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Thomas |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 60% | 32% |
| Sled push | 68% | 28% |
| Sled pull | 33% | 64% |
| Burpee broad jump | 25% | 53% |
| Row | 28% | 38% |
| Farmers carry | 75% | 85% |
| Sandbag lunges | 70% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 25% | 45% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 15% | 33% |
| Runs (8 km) | 15% | 34% |
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.Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 46:01 running, 38:34 at the stations and 12:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:35).Below, Thomas · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men: 46:53 running, 39:16 at the stations and 6:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:37).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men | Thomas · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:26 | 5:44 |
| SkiErg | 4:23 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 4:41 | 6:00 |
| Sled push | 2:19 | 4:10 |
| Run 3 | 5:24 | 6:15 |
| Sled pull | 5:44 | 4:43 |
| Run 4 | 6:00 | 6:17 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:00 | 5:37 |
| Run 5 | 5:53 | 6:08 |
| Row | 5:04 | 4:56 |
| Run 6 | 5:35 | 6:15 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 1:50 |
| Run 7 | 5:49 | 5:57 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:37 | 5:43 |
| Run 8 | 6:14 | 4:18 |
| Wall balls | 7:35 | 7:37 |
| Roxzone | 12:41 | 6:31 |
| Finish | 1:37:17 | 1:32:32 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Thomas | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechelen 2025 Open Men · 4 Apr 2025 | 1:37:17 | 1:37:15 | 0:02 · Thomas faster |
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