Sander vs Niek
NED · Open Men · 2 results Sander Fels
NED · Open Men · 2 results Niek Tijhuis
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sander: Amsterdam 2024, Open Men · Niek: Maastricht 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Sander and Niek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sander: strongest on Push (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 15%).Niek: strongest on Row (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 38%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sander: faster than | Niek: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 60% | 66% |
| Push | 73% | 56% |
| Pull | 66% | 68% |
| BBJ | 35% | 49% |
| Row | 29% | 84% |
| Carry | 49% | 72% |
| Lunges | 15% | 46% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 75% |
| Roxzone | 20% | 53% |
| Runs | 45% | 38% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sander | Niek |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 60% | 66% |
| Sled push | 73% | 56% |
| Sled pull | 66% | 68% |
| Burpee broad jump | 35% | 49% |
| Row | 29% | 84% |
| Farmers carry | 49% | 72% |
| Sandbag lunges | 15% | 46% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 75% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 20% | 53% |
| Runs (8 km) | 45% | 38% |
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.Sander · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men: 45:18 running, 36:11 at the stations and 7:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:38).Below, Niek · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 44:04 running, 35:55 at the stations and 7:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:32).
See the numbers
| Part | Sander · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men | Niek · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:16 | 4:51 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:22 |
| Run 2 | 5:20 | 4:47 |
| Sled push | 2:08 | 2:37 |
| Run 3 | 5:59 | 4:57 |
| Sled pull | 3:59 | 4:41 |
| Run 4 | 6:49 | 5:20 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:17 | 5:58 |
| Run 5 | 6:29 | 5:52 |
| Row | 5:01 | 4:29 |
| Run 6 | 5:32 | 5:44 |
| Farmers carry | 1:59 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 5:22 | 5:53 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:38 | 5:22 |
| Run 8 | 6:31 | 6:40 |
| Wall balls | 5:49 | 6:32 |
| Roxzone | 7:57 | 7:25 |
| Finish | 1:29:17 | 1:27:17 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sander | Niek | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam 2025 Open Men · 27 Feb 2025 | 1:35:01 | 1:35:02 | 0:01 · Sander faster |
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