Jonathan vs Merlin
Jonathan Planel
Merlin Roggeman
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Jonathan: Ghent 2025, Open Men · Merlin: Ghent 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Jonathan and Merlin sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Jonathan: strongest on Push (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 30%).Merlin: strongest on Runs (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 7%).
See the numbers
| Part | Jonathan: faster than | Merlin: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 83% | 54% |
| Push | 93% | 42% |
| Pull | 69% | 7% |
| BBJ | 62% | 53% |
| Row | 88% | 42% |
| Carry | 68% | 18% |
| Lunges | 69% | 71% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 23% |
| Roxzone | 61% | 58% |
| Runs | 48% | 84% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Jonathan | Merlin |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 83% | 54% |
| Sled push | 93% | 42% |
| Sled pull | 69% | 7% |
| Burpee broad jump | 62% | 53% |
| Row | 88% | 42% |
| Farmers carry | 68% | 18% |
| Sandbag lunges | 69% | 71% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 23% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 61% | 58% |
| Runs (8 km) | 48% | 84% |
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.Jonathan · Ghent 2025 · Open Men: 40:29 running, 34:53 at the stations and 6:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:12).Below, Merlin · Ghent 2025 · Open Men: 34:53 running, 40:25 at the stations and 6:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:54).
See the numbers
| Part | Jonathan · Ghent 2025 · Open Men | Merlin · Ghent 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:52 | 4:13 |
| SkiErg | 4:16 | 4:29 |
| Run 2 | 4:46 | 4:02 |
| Sled push | 2:20 | 3:09 |
| Run 3 | 5:02 | 5:02 |
| Sled pull | 4:31 | 6:59 |
| Run 4 | 5:01 | 4:29 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:54 | 5:17 |
| Run 5 | 5:11 | 4:25 |
| Row | 4:26 | 4:50 |
| Run 6 | 5:05 | 4:13 |
| Farmers carry | 1:51 | 2:29 |
| Run 7 | 5:12 | 4:11 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:23 | 4:19 |
| Run 8 | 5:20 | 4:18 |
| Wall balls | 8:12 | 8:54 |
| Roxzone | 6:19 | 6:24 |
| Finish | 1:21:34 | 1:21:35 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Jonathan | Merlin | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghent 2025 Open Men · 12 Dec 2025 | 1:21:34 | 1:21:35 | 0:01 · Jonathan faster |
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