Sam vs Marcel
BEL · Open Men · 3 results Sam Ketels
NED · Open Men · 4 results Marcel Jongmans
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Mechelen 2026, Open Men · Marcel: Rotterdam 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Marcel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 12%).Marcel: strongest on Push (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 23%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Marcel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 38% | 34% |
| Push | 12% | 81% |
| Pull | 45% | 51% |
| BBJ | 42% | 66% |
| Row | 47% | 43% |
| Carry | 34% | 60% |
| Lunges | 40% | 23% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 59% |
| Roxzone | 28% | 32% |
| Runs | 31% | 50% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Marcel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 38% | 34% |
| Sled push | 12% | 81% |
| Sled pull | 45% | 51% |
| Burpee broad jump | 42% | 66% |
| Row | 47% | 43% |
| Farmers carry | 34% | 60% |
| Sandbag lunges | 40% | 23% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 59% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 28% | 32% |
| Runs (8 km) | 31% | 50% |
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.Sam · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 41:25 running, 36:50 at the stations and 8:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:13).Below, Marcel · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men: 43:08 running, 35:58 at the stations and 7:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:17).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men | Marcel · Rotterdam 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:11 | 5:09 |
| SkiErg | 4:33 | 4:33 |
| Run 2 | 5:07 | 4:56 |
| Sled push | 3:25 | 2:24 |
| Run 3 | 5:14 | 5:05 |
| Sled pull | 4:28 | 5:05 |
| Run 4 | 5:17 | 5:06 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:50 | 5:11 |
| Run 5 | 5:11 | 5:47 |
| Row | 4:46 | 4:48 |
| Run 6 | 5:12 | 5:23 |
| Farmers carry | 2:16 | 2:01 |
| Run 7 | 5:13 | 5:18 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:18 | 6:17 |
| Run 8 | 6:00 | 6:25 |
| Wall balls | 6:13 | 5:39 |
| Roxzone | 8:57 | 7:47 |
| Finish | 1:27:02 | 1:26:46 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sam | Marcel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 | 1:27:02 | 1:27:01 | 0:01 · Marcel faster |
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