Stefan vs Niels
NED · Open Men · 4 results Stefan Smits
NED · Open Men · 4 results Niels de Kruijf
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Stefan: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men · Niels: Mechelen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Stefan and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stefan: strongest on Runs (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 22%).Niels: strongest on Row (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 30%).
See the numbers
| Part | Stefan: faster than | Niels: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 68% | 60% |
| Push | 22% | 37% |
| Pull | 28% | 45% |
| BBJ | 77% | 55% |
| Row | 47% | 74% |
| Carry | 41% | 30% |
| Lunges | 71% | 47% |
| Wall balls | 51% | 71% |
| Roxzone | 73% | 54% |
| Runs | 84% | 70% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Stefan | Niels |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 68% | 60% |
| Sled push | 22% | 37% |
| Sled pull | 28% | 45% |
| Burpee broad jump | 77% | 55% |
| Row | 47% | 74% |
| Farmers carry | 41% | 30% |
| Sandbag lunges | 71% | 47% |
| Wall balls | 51% | 71% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 73% | 54% |
| Runs (8 km) | 84% | 70% |
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.Stefan · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 35:57 running, 36:33 at the stations and 5:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:10).Below, Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 35:31 running, 34:47 at the stations and 7:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:47).
See the numbers
| Part | Stefan · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men | Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:26 | 3:20 |
| SkiErg | 4:35 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 4:06 | 4:22 |
| Sled push | 3:15 | 2:52 |
| Run 3 | 4:29 | 4:26 |
| Sled pull | 5:12 | 4:28 |
| Run 4 | 4:25 | 4:33 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:37 | 5:19 |
| Run 5 | 4:33 | 4:42 |
| Row | 4:53 | 4:32 |
| Run 6 | 4:25 | 4:34 |
| Farmers carry | 2:18 | 2:20 |
| Run 7 | 4:35 | 4:32 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:33 | 5:06 |
| Run 8 | 4:58 | 5:02 |
| Wall balls | 7:10 | 5:47 |
| Roxzone | 5:57 | 7:40 |
| Finish | 1:18:20 | 1:17:51 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Stefan | Niels | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam 2026 Open Men · 15 Apr 2026 | 1:18:20 | 1:18:18 | 0:02 · Niels faster |
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