Ruud vs Purcy
Ruud Gossens
Purcy van Es
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ruud: Utrecht 2025, Open Men · Purcy: Berlin 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ruud and Purcy sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ruud: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 27%).Purcy: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 43%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ruud: faster than | Purcy: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 30% | 81% |
| Push | 51% | 95% |
| Pull | 27% | 99% |
| BBJ | 65% | 43% |
| Row | 42% | 43% |
| Carry | 46% | 78% |
| Lunges | 51% | 74% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 86% |
| Roxzone | 82% | 63% |
| Runs | 74% | 73% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ruud | Purcy |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 30% | 81% |
| Sled push | 51% | 95% |
| Sled pull | 27% | 99% |
| Burpee broad jump | 65% | 43% |
| Row | 42% | 43% |
| Farmers carry | 46% | 78% |
| Sandbag lunges | 51% | 74% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 86% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 82% | 63% |
| Runs (8 km) | 74% | 73% |
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.Ruud · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men: 39:49 running, 36:40 at the stations and 4:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:45).Below, Purcy · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 31:08 running, 31:40 at the stations and 13:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:58).
See the numbers
| Part | Ruud · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men | Purcy · Berlin 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:29 | 3:12 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 4:17 |
| Run 2 | 4:52 | 3:29 |
| Sled push | 3:38 | 2:24 |
| Run 3 | 5:15 | 3:45 |
| Sled pull | 5:45 | 2:31 |
| Run 4 | 5:18 | 3:47 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:09 | 5:58 |
| Run 5 | 5:17 | 3:46 |
| Row | 4:54 | 4:54 |
| Run 6 | 5:14 | 3:51 |
| Farmers carry | 2:17 | 1:56 |
| Run 7 | 5:21 | 3:51 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:09 | 4:31 |
| Run 8 | 4:03 | 5:27 |
| Wall balls | 5:08 | 5:09 |
| Roxzone | 4:33 | 13:06 |
| Finish | 1:20:55 | 1:15:46 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ruud | Purcy | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utrecht 2025 Open Men · 28 Nov 2025 | 1:20:55 | 1:20:54 | 0:01 · Purcy faster |
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