Tim vs Niek
NED · Open Men · 2 results Tim van der Esch
NED · Open Men · 3 results Niek Veldhuis
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Tim: Heerenveen 2025, Open Men · Niek: Paris 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Tim and Niek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Tim: strongest on Runs (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 13%).Niek: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 31%).
See the numbers
| Part | Tim: faster than | Niek: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 32% | 66% |
| Push | 55% | 68% |
| Pull | 13% | 36% |
| BBJ | 47% | 50% |
| Row | 62% | 45% |
| Carry | 25% | 31% |
| Lunges | 56% | 36% |
| Wall balls | 58% | 63% |
| Roxzone | 68% | 73% |
| Runs | 75% | 42% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Tim | Niek |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 32% | 66% |
| Sled push | 55% | 68% |
| Sled pull | 13% | 36% |
| Burpee broad jump | 47% | 50% |
| Row | 62% | 45% |
| Farmers carry | 25% | 31% |
| Sandbag lunges | 56% | 36% |
| Wall balls | 58% | 63% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 68% | 73% |
| Runs (8 km) | 75% | 42% |
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.Tim · Heerenveen 2025 · Open Men: 36:35 running, 37:40 at the stations and 7:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:18).Below, Niek · Paris 2025 · Open Men: 39:22 running, 36:02 at the stations and 6:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:54).
See the numbers
| Part | Tim · Heerenveen 2025 · Open Men | Niek · Paris 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:17 | 5:09 |
| SkiErg | 4:33 | 4:25 |
| Run 2 | 4:13 | 4:44 |
| Sled push | 2:44 | 2:29 |
| Run 3 | 4:27 | 4:52 |
| Sled pull | 6:18 | 4:57 |
| Run 4 | 4:34 | 4:49 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:53 | 5:31 |
| Run 5 | 4:45 | 5:05 |
| Row | 4:43 | 4:46 |
| Run 6 | 4:34 | 5:05 |
| Farmers carry | 2:29 | 2:21 |
| Run 7 | 4:40 | 4:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:59 | 5:39 |
| Run 8 | 5:04 | 4:43 |
| Wall balls | 6:01 | 5:54 |
| Roxzone | 7:26 | 6:09 |
| Finish | 1:21:33 | 1:21:24 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Tim | Niek | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heerenveen 2025 Open Men · 10 May 2025 | 1:21:33 | 1:21:30 | 0:03 · Niek faster |
| Amsterdam 2024 Open Men · 10 Oct 2024 | 1:22:38 | 1:32:16 | 9:38 · Tim faster |
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