Niek vs Michael

NED NED · Open Men · 7 results

Niek Borst

1:02:40 best Open Men time · Amsterdam 2026
52nd of 2,802 place in that race · 2,802 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Pro Men · 5 results

Michael Westerbos

1:04:41 best Open Men time · Utrecht 2025
20th of 1,912 place in that race · 1,912 Open Men finishers

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

Niek: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men · Michael: Utrecht 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Niek and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Niek: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 74%).Michael: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 83%).

See the numbers
Part Niek: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 86% 99%
Push 74% 96%
Pull 97% 98%
BBJ 95% 95%
Row 90% 99%
Carry 77% 83%
Lunges 91% 88%
Wall balls 97% 95%
Roxzone 99% 99%
Runs 98% 98%

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

Part by part

Part Niek Michael
SkiErg 86% 99%
Sled push 74% 96%
Sled pull 97% 98%
Burpee broad jump 95% 95%
Row 90% 99%
Farmers carry 77% 83%
Sandbag lunges 91% 88%
Wall balls 97% 95%
Roxzone (moving) 99% 99%
Runs (8 km) 98% 98%

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

Niek · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men1:02:40
2:504:103:402:393:513:193:513:304:004:233:561:454:023:464:284:144:25
Michael · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men1:04:41
3:453:584:022:354:203:244:163:454:264:074:301:524:223:573:274:393:23
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.Niek · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 30:38 running, 27:46 at the stations and 4:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:23).Below, Michael · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men: 33:08 running, 28:17 at the stations and 3:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:39).

See the numbers
Part Niek · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men Michael · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 2:50 3:45
SkiErg 4:10 3:58
Run 2 3:40 4:02
Sled push 2:39 2:35
Run 3 3:51 4:20
Sled pull 3:19 3:24
Run 4 3:51 4:16
Burpee broad jump 3:30 3:45
Run 5 4:00 4:26
Row 4:23 4:07
Run 6 3:56 4:30
Farmers carry 1:45 1:52
Run 7 4:02 4:22
Sandbag lunges 3:46 3:57
Run 8 4:28 3:27
Wall balls 4:14 4:39
Roxzone 4:25 3:23
Finish 1:02:40 1:04:41

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Niek Michael Gap
Rotterdam 2026 Pro Men · 15 Apr 2026 1:08:17 1:08:02 0:15 · Michael faster
Utrecht 2025 Open Men · 28 Nov 2025 1:04:59 1:04:41 0:18 · Michael faster
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