Maikel vs Paul
NED · Open Men · 6 results Maikel Engel
NED · Open Men · 4 results Paul van Rijen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Maikel: Ghent 2025, Open Men · Paul: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Maikel and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Maikel: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 28%).Paul: strongest on Row (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 14%).
See the numbers
| Part | Maikel: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 40% | 14% |
| Push | 52% | 46% |
| Pull | 43% | 51% |
| BBJ | 74% | 40% |
| Row | 75% | 84% |
| Carry | 41% | 32% |
| Lunges | 42% | 15% |
| Wall balls | 83% | 75% |
| Roxzone | 56% | 38% |
| Runs | 28% | 45% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Maikel | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 40% | 14% |
| Sled push | 52% | 46% |
| Sled pull | 43% | 51% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 40% |
| Row | 75% | 84% |
| Farmers carry | 41% | 32% |
| Sandbag lunges | 42% | 15% |
| Wall balls | 83% | 75% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 56% | 38% |
| Runs (8 km) | 28% | 45% |
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.Maikel · Ghent 2025 · Open Men: 44:02 running, 34:28 at the stations and 6:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:20).Below, Paul · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 40:47 running, 36:45 at the stations and 8:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:39).
See the numbers
| Part | Maikel · Ghent 2025 · Open Men | Paul · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:31 | 4:53 |
| SkiErg | 4:35 | 4:48 |
| Run 2 | 5:13 | 5:04 |
| Sled push | 3:01 | 2:49 |
| Run 3 | 5:27 | 5:11 |
| Sled pull | 5:10 | 4:07 |
| Run 4 | 5:35 | 4:57 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:32 | 6:01 |
| Run 5 | 5:42 | 4:59 |
| Row | 4:34 | 4:28 |
| Run 6 | 5:28 | 5:04 |
| Farmers carry | 2:07 | 2:16 |
| Run 7 | 5:25 | 5:14 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:09 | 6:39 |
| Run 8 | 5:41 | 5:25 |
| Wall balls | 5:20 | 5:36 |
| Roxzone | 6:30 | 8:24 |
| Finish | 1:24:53 | 1:25:48 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Maikel | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heerenveen 2026 Open Men · 17 May 2026 | 1:25:48 | 1:25:48 | level |
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