Willem vs Niels

NED NED · Open Men · 1 result

Willem van Elk

1:33:03 best Open Men time · Heerenveen 2026
1316th of 1,771 place in that race · 1,771 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 3 results

Niels Groot

1:29:07 best Open Men time · Heerenveen 2026
1153rd of 1,771 place in that race · 1,771 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Willem: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men · Niels: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
WillemNielsedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Willem and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Willem: strongest on Ski (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 18%).Niels: strongest on Row (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 8%).

See the numbers
Part Willem: faster than Niels: faster than
Ski 57% 20%
Push 18% 15%
Pull 46% 27%
BBJ 20% 8%
Row 36% 73%
Carry 54% 21%
Lunges 19% 11%
Wall balls 31% 21%
Roxzone 44% 43%
Runs 23% 71%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Willem Niels
SkiErg 57% 20%
Sled push 18% 15%
Sled pull 46% 27%
Burpee broad jump 20% 8%
Row 36% 73%
Farmers carry 54% 21%
Sandbag lunges 19% 11%
Wall balls 31% 21%
Roxzone (moving) 44% 43%
Runs (8 km) 23% 71%

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

Willem · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men1:33:03
5:094:248:293:214:584:145:067:085:144:545:092:005:016:155:497:538:07
Niels · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men1:29:07
4:014:434:123:274:234:454:348:364:454:344:502:284:447:055:078:518:11
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Willem · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 44:55 running, 40:08 at the stations and 8:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:53).Below, Niels · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 36:36 running, 44:29 at the stations and 8:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:51).

See the numbers
Part Willem · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men Niels · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:09 4:01
SkiErg 4:24 4:43
Run 2 8:29 4:12
Sled push 3:21 3:27
Run 3 4:58 4:23
Sled pull 4:14 4:45
Run 4 5:06 4:34
Burpee broad jump 7:08 8:36
Run 5 5:14 4:45
Row 4:54 4:34
Run 6 5:09 4:50
Farmers carry 2:00 2:28
Run 7 5:01 4:44
Sandbag lunges 6:15 7:05
Run 8 5:49 5:07
Wall balls 7:53 8:51
Roxzone 8:07 8:11
Finish 1:33:03 1:29:07

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Willem Niels Gap
Heerenveen 2026 Open Men · 17 May 2026 1:33:03 1:29:07 3:56 · Niels faster
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