Francois vs Zep
NED · Open Men · 4 results Francois Dees
NED · Open Men · 2 results Zep Merx
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Francois: Utrecht 2025, Open Men · Zep: Mechelen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Francois and Zep sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Francois: strongest on Row (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 56%).Zep: strongest on Carry (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 11%).
See the numbers
| Part | Francois: faster than | Zep: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 93% | 60% |
| Push | 78% | 11% |
| Pull | 66% | 43% |
| BBJ | 56% | 46% |
| Row | 98% | 27% |
| Carry | 93% | 69% |
| Lunges | 71% | 56% |
| Wall balls | 63% | 45% |
| Roxzone | 94% | 45% |
| Runs | 83% | 60% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Francois | Zep |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 93% | 60% |
| Sled push | 78% | 11% |
| Sled pull | 66% | 43% |
| Burpee broad jump | 56% | 46% |
| Row | 98% | 27% |
| Farmers carry | 93% | 69% |
| Sandbag lunges | 71% | 56% |
| Wall balls | 63% | 45% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 94% | 45% |
| Runs (8 km) | 83% | 60% |
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.Francois · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men: 37:59 running, 34:28 at the stations and 3:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:34).Below, Zep · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 37:01 running, 36:40 at the stations and 8:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:57).
See the numbers
| Part | Francois · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men | Zep · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:20 | 3:35 |
| SkiErg | 4:08 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 4:43 | 4:24 |
| Sled push | 3:09 | 3:29 |
| Run 3 | 4:57 | 4:39 |
| Sled pull | 4:40 | 4:30 |
| Run 4 | 4:58 | 4:32 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:30 | 5:40 |
| Run 5 | 4:55 | 4:44 |
| Row | 4:15 | 5:00 |
| Run 6 | 5:09 | 4:41 |
| Farmers carry | 1:41 | 1:52 |
| Run 7 | 5:01 | 5:01 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:31 | 4:49 |
| Run 8 | 3:55 | 5:26 |
| Wall balls | 6:34 | 6:57 |
| Roxzone | 3:59 | 8:02 |
| Finish | 1:16:17 | 1:21:35 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Francois | Zep | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 | 1:21:37 | 1:21:35 | 0:02 · Zep faster |
| Maastricht 2025 Open Men · 1 Feb 2025 | 1:16:34 | 1:36:49 | 20:15 · Francois faster |
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