Paul vs Shah
NED · Open Men · 3 results Paul van den Berg
NED · Open Men · 2 results Shah Akhtar
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Paul: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men · Shah: Istanbul 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Paul and Shah sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Ski (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 18%).Shah: strongest on Runs (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul: faster than | Shah: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 68% | 43% |
| Push | 53% | 16% |
| Pull | 55% | 10% |
| BBJ | 38% | 26% |
| Row | 40% | 40% |
| Carry | 66% | 46% |
| Lunges | 46% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 53% |
| Roxzone | 18% | 61% |
| Runs | 20% | 63% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Paul | Shah |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 68% | 43% |
| Sled push | 53% | 16% |
| Sled pull | 55% | 10% |
| Burpee broad jump | 38% | 26% |
| Row | 40% | 40% |
| Farmers carry | 66% | 46% |
| Sandbag lunges | 46% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 53% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 18% | 61% |
| Runs (8 km) | 20% | 63% |
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.Paul · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 46:15 running, 36:10 at the stations and 8:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:27).Below, Shah · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men: 38:00 running, 41:43 at the stations and 9:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (7:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men | Shah · Istanbul 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:28 | 4:51 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:37 |
| Run 2 | 5:25 | 4:09 |
| Sled push | 2:56 | 3:49 |
| Run 3 | 5:34 | 4:31 |
| Sled pull | 4:37 | 7:04 |
| Run 4 | 5:39 | 4:38 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:55 | 6:41 |
| Run 5 | 6:04 | 4:46 |
| Row | 4:50 | 4:54 |
| Run 6 | 5:55 | 4:42 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 2:23 |
| Run 7 | 5:55 | 4:56 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:14 | 5:20 |
| Run 8 | 7:14 | 5:27 |
| Wall balls | 6:27 | 6:55 |
| Roxzone | 8:44 | 9:11 |
| Finish | 1:31:00 | 1:28:45 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Paul | Shah | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:31:00 | 1:30:56 | 0:04 · Shah faster |
| Amsterdam 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:31:09 | 1:30:56 | 0:13 · Shah faster |
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