Mercy vs Nigel
NED · Open Men · 1 result Mercy van der Aa
NED · Open Men · 3 results Nigel Ismailov
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mercy: Maastricht 2025, Open Men · Nigel: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Mercy and Nigel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mercy: strongest on Carry (faster than 52% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 4%).Nigel: strongest on Ski (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 19%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mercy: faster than | Nigel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 17% | 68% |
| Push | 32% | 66% |
| Pull | 12% | 35% |
| BBJ | 24% | 19% |
| Row | 9% | 34% |
| Carry | 52% | 53% |
| Lunges | 48% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 56% |
| Roxzone | 8% | 25% |
| Runs | 4% | 25% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mercy | Nigel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 17% | 68% |
| Sled push | 32% | 66% |
| Sled pull | 12% | 35% |
| Burpee broad jump | 24% | 19% |
| Row | 9% | 34% |
| Farmers carry | 52% | 53% |
| Sandbag lunges | 48% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 56% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 8% | 25% |
| Runs (8 km) | 4% | 25% |
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.Mercy · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 58:43 running, 43:22 at the stations and 11:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:28).Below, Nigel · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 45:08 running, 37:57 at the stations and 8:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:01).
See the numbers
| Part | Mercy · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men | Nigel · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:01 | 3:44 |
| SkiErg | 4:48 | 4:19 |
| Run 2 | 5:43 | 5:03 |
| Sled push | 2:57 | 2:46 |
| Run 3 | 6:25 | 5:45 |
| Sled pull | 7:01 | 5:10 |
| Run 4 | 11:39 | 5:52 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:19 | 7:01 |
| Run 5 | 7:23 | 5:59 |
| Row | 5:26 | 4:54 |
| Run 6 | 7:28 | 5:48 |
| Farmers carry | 2:06 | 1:59 |
| Run 7 | 7:08 | 5:59 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:16 | 5:07 |
| Run 8 | 6:56 | 6:59 |
| Wall balls | 8:28 | 6:40 |
| Roxzone | 11:40 | 8:04 |
| Finish | 1:53:35 | 1:31:03 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mercy | Nigel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastricht 2025 Open Men · 19 Sep 2025 | 1:53:35 | 1:53:42 | 0:07 · Mercy faster |
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