Willem vs Niels
Willem van Elk
Niels Groot
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Willem: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men · Niels: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men
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
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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