Karel vs Bas

BEL BEL · Open Men · 2 results

Karel Maes

1:25:56 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3204th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 12 results

Bas Meusen

1:28:52 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2026
1849th of 2,671 place in that race · 2,671 Open Men finishers

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

Karel: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Bas: Mechelen 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Karel and Bas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karel: strongest on Push (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 15%).Bas: strongest on Push (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 17%).

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Part Karel: faster than Bas: faster than
Ski 22% 40%
Push 72% 61%
Pull 40% 39%
BBJ 48% 39%
Row 26% 17%
Carry 15% 17%
Lunges 45% 25%
Wall balls 34% 57%
Roxzone 40% 45%
Runs 48% 22%

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

Part by part

Part Karel Bas
SkiErg 22% 40%
Sled push 72% 61%
Sled pull 40% 39%
Burpee broad jump 48% 39%
Row 26% 17%
Farmers carry 15% 17%
Sandbag lunges 45% 25%
Wall balls 34% 57%
Roxzone (moving) 40% 45%
Runs (8 km) 48% 22%

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

Karel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:25:56
3:195:073:462:324:025:054:115:354:175:134:082:414:125:225:498:2712:20
Bas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men1:28:52
3:474:325:082:335:334:365:385:576:025:105:322:375:295:586:046:228:01
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.Karel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:44 running, 40:02 at the stations and 12:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:27) and the shortest the sled push (2:32).Below, Bas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 43:12 running, 37:46 at the stations and 8:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:22) and the shortest the sled push (2:33).

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Part Karel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Bas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:19 3:47
SkiErg 5:07 4:32
Run 2 3:46 5:08
Sled push 2:32 2:33
Run 3 4:02 5:33
Sled pull 5:05 4:36
Run 4 4:11 5:38
Burpee broad jump 5:35 5:57
Run 5 4:17 6:02
Row 5:13 5:10
Run 6 4:08 5:32
Farmers carry 2:41 2:37
Run 7 4:12 5:29
Sandbag lunges 5:22 5:58
Run 8 5:49 6:04
Wall balls 8:27 6:22
Roxzone 12:20 8:01
Finish 1:25:56 1:28:52

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Karel Bas Gap
Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 1:28:52 1:28:52 level
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