Michiel vs Sten

NED NED · Open Men · 3 results

Michiel de Groot

1:15:49 best Open Men time · Madrid 2025
667th of 2,673 place in that race · 2,673 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 2 results

Sten Schaper

1:19:11 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2026
817th of 2,721 place in that race · 2,721 Open Men finishers

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

Michiel: Madrid 2025, Open Men · Sten: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michiel and Sten sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michiel: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 49%).Sten: strongest on Push (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 31%).

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Part Michiel: faster than Sten: faster than
Ski 88% 85%
Push 97% 94%
Pull 98% 34%
BBJ 86% 76%
Row 99% 42%
Carry 84% 31%
Lunges 99% 43%
Wall balls 72% 46%
Roxzone 50% 38%
Runs 49% 86%

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

Part by part

Part Michiel Sten
SkiErg 88% 85%
Sled push 97% 94%
Sled pull 98% 34%
Burpee broad jump 86% 76%
Row 99% 42%
Farmers carry 84% 31%
Sandbag lunges 99% 43%
Wall balls 72% 46%
Roxzone (moving) 50% 38%
Runs (8 km) 49% 86%

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

Michiel · Madrid 2025 · Open Men1:15:49
4:574:254:512:065:033:135:114:054:584:125:051:504:563:045:335:406:49
Sten · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men1:19:11
3:474:263:482:044:314:594:264:404:274:564:292:274:405:265:177:317:25
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.Michiel · Madrid 2025 · Open Men: 40:34 running, 28:35 at the stations and 6:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:40).Below, Sten · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 35:25 running, 36:29 at the stations and 7:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:31) and the shortest the sled push (2:04).

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Part Michiel · Madrid 2025 · Open Men Sten · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:57 3:47
SkiErg 4:25 4:26
Run 2 4:51 3:48
Sled push 2:06 2:04
Run 3 5:03 4:31
Sled pull 3:13 4:59
Run 4 5:11 4:26
Burpee broad jump 4:05 4:40
Run 5 4:58 4:27
Row 4:12 4:56
Run 6 5:05 4:29
Farmers carry 1:50 2:27
Run 7 4:56 4:40
Sandbag lunges 3:04 5:26
Run 8 5:33 5:17
Wall balls 5:40 7:31
Roxzone 6:49 7:25
Finish 1:15:49 1:19:11

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Michiel Sten Gap
Rotterdam 2026 Open Men · 15 Apr 2026 1:19:12 1:19:11 0:01 · Sten faster
Amsterdam 2026 Doubles Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:07:06 1:17:10 10:04 · Michiel faster
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