Bertus vs Michael

NED NED · Open Men · 1 result

Bertus van Lagen

1:34:11 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
1155th of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers
FRA FRA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael la Placa

1:34:04 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
1153rd of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers

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

Bertus: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Michael: Mechelen 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Bertus and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Bertus: strongest on Ski (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 0%).

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Part Bertus: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 72% 41%
Push 38% 0%
Pull 44% 99%
BBJ 16% 55%
Row 68% 46%
Carry 67% 50%
Lunges 9% 34%
Wall balls 34% 51%
Roxzone 28% 17%
Runs 34% 25%

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

Part by part

Part Bertus Michael
SkiErg 72% 41%
Sled push 38% 0%
Sled pull 44% 99%
Burpee broad jump 16% 55%
Row 68% 46%
Farmers carry 67% 50%
Sandbag lunges 9% 34%
Wall balls 34% 51%
Roxzone (moving) 28% 17%
Runs (8 km) 34% 25%

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

Bertus · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:34:11
6:244:174:242:424:335:174:547:435:024:395:171:575:067:455:537:0411:14
Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:34:04
6:404:324:486:575:192:115:275:335:074:525:422:105:015:505:226:1112:22
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.Bertus · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 41:32 running, 41:24 at the stations and 11:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:45).Below, Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 43:27 running, 38:16 at the stations and 12:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled push (6:57).

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Part Bertus · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 6:24 6:40
SkiErg 4:17 4:32
Run 2 4:24 4:48
Sled push 2:42 6:57
Run 3 4:33 5:19
Sled pull 5:17 2:11
Run 4 4:54 5:27
Burpee broad jump 7:43 5:33
Run 5 5:02 5:07
Row 4:39 4:52
Run 6 5:17 5:42
Farmers carry 1:57 2:10
Run 7 5:06 5:01
Sandbag lunges 7:45 5:50
Run 8 5:53 5:22
Wall balls 7:04 6:11
Roxzone 11:14 12:22
Finish 1:34:11 1:34:04

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Bertus Michael Gap
Mechelen 2025 Open Men · 4 Apr 2025 1:34:11 1:34:04 0:07 · Michael faster
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