Merlin vs Louai
BEL · Open Men · 3 results Merlin Roggeman
BEL · Open Men · 11 results Louai el Heilani
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Merlin: Ghent 2025, Open Men · Louai: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Merlin and Louai sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Merlin: strongest on Runs (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 7%).Louai: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 27%).
See the numbers
| Part | Merlin: faster than | Louai: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 54% | 48% |
| Push | 42% | 58% |
| Pull | 7% | 60% |
| BBJ | 53% | 76% |
| Row | 42% | 48% |
| Carry | 18% | 47% |
| Lunges | 71% | 27% |
| Wall balls | 23% | 77% |
| Roxzone | 58% | 92% |
| Runs | 84% | 82% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Merlin | Louai |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 54% | 48% |
| Sled push | 42% | 58% |
| Sled pull | 7% | 60% |
| Burpee broad jump | 53% | 76% |
| Row | 42% | 48% |
| Farmers carry | 18% | 47% |
| Sandbag lunges | 71% | 27% |
| Wall balls | 23% | 77% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 58% | 92% |
| Runs (8 km) | 84% | 82% |
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.Merlin · Ghent 2025 · Open Men: 34:53 running, 40:25 at the stations and 6:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:54).Below, Louai · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 35:17 running, 34:41 at the stations and 4:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:59).
See the numbers
| Part | Merlin · Ghent 2025 · Open Men | Louai · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:13 | 3:29 |
| SkiErg | 4:29 | 4:28 |
| Run 2 | 4:02 | 4:19 |
| Sled push | 3:09 | 2:52 |
| Run 3 | 5:02 | 4:30 |
| Sled pull | 6:59 | 4:30 |
| Run 4 | 4:29 | 4:18 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:17 | 4:26 |
| Run 5 | 4:25 | 4:38 |
| Row | 4:50 | 4:46 |
| Run 6 | 4:13 | 4:23 |
| Farmers carry | 2:29 | 2:03 |
| Run 7 | 4:11 | 4:30 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:19 | 5:59 |
| Run 8 | 4:18 | 5:10 |
| Wall balls | 8:54 | 5:37 |
| Roxzone | 6:24 | 4:59 |
| Finish | 1:21:35 | 1:14:50 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Merlin | Louai | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghent 2025 Open Men · 12 Dec 2025 | 1:21:35 | 1:21:35 | level |
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