Arnout vs Niels

NED NED · Open Men · 1 result

Arnout Veld

1:32:23 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2025
1625th of 2,469 place in that race · 2,469 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 5 results

Niels Donkers

1:21:15 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2026
1271st of 2,671 place in that race · 2,671 Open Men finishers

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

Arnout: Rotterdam 2025, Open Men · Niels: Mechelen 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Arnout and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Arnout: strongest on Carry (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 11%).Niels: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 59% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 25%).

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Part Arnout: faster than Niels: faster than
Ski 61% 46%
Push 46% 58%
Pull 59% 48%
BBJ 33% 54%
Row 37% 25%
Carry 61% 30%
Lunges 11% 53%
Wall balls 27% 58%
Roxzone 52% 59%
Runs 34% 49%

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

Part by part

Part Arnout Niels
SkiErg 61% 46%
Sled push 46% 58%
Sled pull 59% 48%
Burpee broad jump 33% 54%
Row 37% 25%
Farmers carry 61% 30%
Sandbag lunges 11% 53%
Wall balls 27% 58%
Roxzone (moving) 52% 59%
Runs (8 km) 34% 49%

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

Arnout · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men1:32:23
5:344:214:592:525:354:515:376:315:594:525:482:005:587:206:267:046:46
Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men1:21:15
3:444:294:412:354:524:244:545:205:065:024:582:205:014:535:176:207:27
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.Arnout · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men: 45:56 running, 39:52 at the stations and 6:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:20).Below, Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 38:33 running, 35:22 at the stations and 7:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:20).

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Part Arnout · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:34 3:44
SkiErg 4:21 4:29
Run 2 4:59 4:41
Sled push 2:52 2:35
Run 3 5:35 4:52
Sled pull 4:51 4:24
Run 4 5:37 4:54
Burpee broad jump 6:31 5:20
Run 5 5:59 5:06
Row 4:52 5:02
Run 6 5:48 4:58
Farmers carry 2:00 2:20
Run 7 5:58 5:01
Sandbag lunges 7:20 4:53
Run 8 6:26 5:17
Wall balls 7:04 6:20
Roxzone 6:46 7:27
Finish 1:32:23 1:21:15

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Arnout Niels Gap
Rotterdam 2025 Open Men · 27 Feb 2025 1:32:23 1:32:26 0:03 · Arnout faster
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