Michael vs Bertus

FRA FRA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael la Placa

1:34:04 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
1153rd of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 1 result

Bertus van Lagen

1:34:11 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
1155th of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Bertus: Mechelen 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Bertus sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 0%).Bertus: strongest on Ski (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).

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Part Michael: faster than Bertus: faster than
Ski 41% 72%
Push 0% 38%
Pull 99% 44%
BBJ 55% 16%
Row 46% 68%
Carry 50% 67%
Lunges 34% 9%
Wall balls 51% 34%
Roxzone 17% 28%
Runs 25% 34%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Bertus
SkiErg 41% 72%
Sled push 0% 38%
Sled pull 99% 44%
Burpee broad jump 55% 16%
Row 46% 68%
Farmers carry 50% 67%
Sandbag lunges 34% 9%
Wall balls 51% 34%
Roxzone (moving) 17% 28%
Runs (8 km) 25% 34%

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

Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:34:04
6:404:324:486:575:192:115:275:335:074:525:422:105:015:505:226:1112:22
Bertus · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:34:11
6:244:174:242:424:335:174:547:435:024:395:171:575:067:455:537:0411:14
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.Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 43:27 running, 38:16 at the stations and 12:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled push (6:57).Below, Bertus · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 41:32 running, 41:24 at the stations and 11:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:45).

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Part Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men Bertus · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 6:40 6:24
SkiErg 4:32 4:17
Run 2 4:48 4:24
Sled push 6:57 2:42
Run 3 5:19 4:33
Sled pull 2:11 5:17
Run 4 5:27 4:54
Burpee broad jump 5:33 7:43
Run 5 5:07 5:02
Row 4:52 4:39
Run 6 5:42 5:17
Farmers carry 2:10 1:57
Run 7 5:01 5:06
Sandbag lunges 5:50 7:45
Run 8 5:22 5:53
Wall balls 6:11 7:04
Roxzone 12:22 11:14
Finish 1:34:04 1:34:11

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Bertus Gap
Mechelen 2025 Open Men · 4 Apr 2025 1:34:04 1:34:11 0:07 · Michael faster
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