Niels vs Michael

NED NED · Open Men · 3 results

Niels Bakker

1:41:40 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2026
2342nd of 2,671 place in that race · 2,671 Open Men finishers
BEL BEL · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Dosen

1:38:10 best Open Men time · Maastricht 2026
1544th of 2,058 place in that race · 2,058 Open Men finishers

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

Niels: Mechelen 2026, Open Men · Michael: Maastricht 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Niels and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Niels: strongest on Carry (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 6%).Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 5%).

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Part Niels: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 16% 42%
Push 6% 65%
Pull 16% 13%
BBJ 7% 5%
Row 26% 56%
Carry 61% 22%
Lunges 27% 61%
Wall balls 15% 20%
Roxzone 9% 27%
Runs 15% 33%

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

Part by part

Part Niels Michael
SkiErg 16% 42%
Sled push 6% 65%
Sled pull 16% 13%
Burpee broad jump 7% 5%
Row 26% 56%
Farmers carry 61% 22%
Sandbag lunges 27% 61%
Wall balls 15% 20%
Roxzone (moving) 9% 27%
Runs (8 km) 15% 33%

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

Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men1:41:40
4:084:485:113:496:055:265:458:555:575:015:421:575:445:496:489:4111:01
Michael · Maastricht 2026 · Open Men1:38:10
4:374:335:262:445:466:125:449:565:434:515:382:445:214:495:589:109:06
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.Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 45:19 running, 45:26 at the stations and 11:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:41).Below, Michael · Maastricht 2026 · Open Men: 44:13 running, 44:59 at the stations and 9:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:56) and the shortest the sled push (2:44).

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Part Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men Michael · Maastricht 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:08 4:37
SkiErg 4:48 4:33
Run 2 5:11 5:26
Sled push 3:49 2:44
Run 3 6:05 5:46
Sled pull 5:26 6:12
Run 4 5:45 5:44
Burpee broad jump 8:55 9:56
Run 5 5:57 5:43
Row 5:01 4:51
Run 6 5:42 5:38
Farmers carry 1:57 2:44
Run 7 5:44 5:21
Sandbag lunges 5:49 4:49
Run 8 6:48 5:58
Wall balls 9:41 9:10
Roxzone 11:01 9:06
Finish 1:41:40 1:38:10

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Niels Michael Gap
Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 1:41:40 1:41:40 level
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