Michael vs Bertus
Michael la Placa
Bertus van Lagen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Bertus: Mechelen 2025, Open Men
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%).
See the numbers
| 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
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).
See the numbers
| 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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