Brian vs Mike
Brian Balmaceda
Mike Meijer
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Brian: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men · Mike: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Brian and Mike sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 9%).Mike: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian: faster than | Mike: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 16% | 26% |
| Push | 33% | 87% |
| Pull | 29% | 74% |
| BBJ | 51% | 37% |
| Row | 18% | 64% |
| Carry | 9% | 47% |
| Lunges | 31% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 35% | 65% |
| Roxzone | 70% | 28% |
| Runs | 67% | 34% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Brian | Mike |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 16% | 26% |
| Sled push | 33% | 87% |
| Sled pull | 29% | 74% |
| Burpee broad jump | 51% | 37% |
| Row | 18% | 64% |
| Farmers carry | 9% | 47% |
| Sandbag lunges | 31% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 35% | 65% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 70% | 28% |
| Runs (8 km) | 67% | 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.Brian · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 37:23 running, 39:07 at the stations and 6:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:36).Below, Mike · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 42:31 running, 31:48 at the stations and 9:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:08).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men | Mike · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:54 | 5:05 |
| SkiErg | 4:46 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 4:21 | 5:13 |
| Sled push | 3:01 | 2:15 |
| Run 3 | 4:45 | 5:24 |
| Sled pull | 4:41 | 3:40 |
| Run 4 | 4:46 | 5:25 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:32 | 6:08 |
| Run 5 | 5:04 | 5:17 |
| Row | 5:08 | 4:38 |
| Run 6 | 4:39 | 5:18 |
| Farmers carry | 2:51 | 2:04 |
| Run 7 | 4:44 | 5:05 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:32 | 2:21 |
| Run 8 | 5:10 | 5:44 |
| Wall balls | 7:36 | 6:03 |
| Roxzone | 6:52 | 9:05 |
| Finish | 1:23:16 | 1:23:16 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Brian | Mike | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heerenveen 2026 Open Men · 17 May 2026 | 1:23:16 | 1:23:16 | level |
| Amsterdam 2024 Doubles Men · 10 Oct 2024 | 1:17:48 | 1:09:25 | 8:23 · Mike faster |
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