Merel vs Julia
NED · Open Women · 2 results Merel Balk
ESP · Open Women · 6 results Julia Fuertes Cabello
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Merel: Rotterdam 2026, Open Women · Julia: Rotterdam 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Merel and Julia sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Merel: strongest on Carry (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 29%).Julia: strongest on Ski (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 49%).
See the numbers
| Part | Merel: faster than | Julia: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 51% | 86% |
| Push | 75% | 66% |
| Pull | 33% | 49% |
| BBJ | 55% | 77% |
| Row | 79% | 78% |
| Carry | 86% | 56% |
| Lunges | 75% | 72% |
| Wall balls | 29% | 78% |
| Roxzone | 69% | 65% |
| Runs | 40% | 74% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Merel | Julia |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 51% | 86% |
| Sled push | 75% | 66% |
| Sled pull | 33% | 49% |
| Burpee broad jump | 55% | 77% |
| Row | 79% | 78% |
| Farmers carry | 86% | 56% |
| Sandbag lunges | 75% | 72% |
| Wall balls | 29% | 78% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 69% | 65% |
| Runs (8 km) | 40% | 74% |
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.Merel · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Women: 49:49 running, 40:20 at the stations and 7:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:19).Below, Julia · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Women: 43:02 running, 36:14 at the stations and 7:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:49).
See the numbers
| Part | Merel · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Women | Julia · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:10 | 4:52 |
| SkiErg | 5:27 | 5:03 |
| Run 2 | 5:51 | 5:08 |
| Sled push | 2:20 | 2:28 |
| Run 3 | 6:09 | 5:15 |
| Sled pull | 5:48 | 5:17 |
| Run 4 | 6:08 | 5:22 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:51 | 5:49 |
| Run 5 | 6:05 | 5:24 |
| Row | 5:10 | 5:11 |
| Run 6 | 6:08 | 5:34 |
| Farmers carry | 1:58 | 2:16 |
| Run 7 | 6:02 | 5:28 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:27 | 4:31 |
| Run 8 | 7:17 | 5:59 |
| Wall balls | 8:19 | 5:39 |
| Roxzone | 7:07 | 7:18 |
| Finish | 1:37:10 | 1:26:26 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Merel | Julia | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastricht 2026 Open Women · 17 Sep 2026 | 1:39:46 | 1:39:45 | 0:01 · Julia faster |
| Rotterdam 2026 Open Women · 15 Apr 2026 | 1:37:10 | 1:26:26 | 10:44 · Julia faster |
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