Valentin vs Niels

FRA FRA · Open Men · 10 results

Valentin Herrero

1:05:17 best Open Men time · Paris 2025
95th of 2,082 place in that race · 2,082 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Pro Men · 10 results

Niels van Bruggen

1:07:02 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2026
132nd of 2,721 place in that race · 2,721 Open Men finishers

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

Valentin: Paris 2025, Open Men · Niels: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Valentin and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Valentin: strongest on Pull (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 71%).Niels: strongest on BBJ (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 65%).

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Part Valentin: faster than Niels: faster than
Ski 91% 91%
Push 93% 65%
Pull 96% 92%
BBJ 71% 99%
Row 87% 90%
Carry 82% 65%
Lunges 87% 98%
Wall balls 92% 95%
Roxzone 95% 95%
Runs 95% 88%

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

Part by part

Part Valentin Niels
SkiErg 91% 91%
Sled push 93% 65%
Sled pull 96% 92%
Burpee broad jump 71% 99%
Row 87% 90%
Farmers carry 82% 65%
Sandbag lunges 87% 98%
Wall balls 92% 95%
Roxzone (moving) 95% 95%
Runs (8 km) 95% 88%

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

Valentin · Paris 2025 · Open Men1:05:17
3:474:123:432:033:573:204:004:474:014:234:001:443:574:033:464:335:09
Niels · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men1:07:02
4:324:214:192:334:173:224:153:054:204:264:152:014:133:094:394:384:46
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.Valentin · Paris 2025 · Open Men: 31:11 running, 29:04 at the stations and 5:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:47).Below, Niels · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 34:50 running, 27:35 at the stations and 4:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:38).

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Part Valentin · Paris 2025 · Open Men Niels · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:47 4:32
SkiErg 4:12 4:21
Run 2 3:43 4:19
Sled push 2:03 2:33
Run 3 3:57 4:17
Sled pull 3:20 3:22
Run 4 4:00 4:15
Burpee broad jump 4:47 3:05
Run 5 4:01 4:20
Row 4:23 4:26
Run 6 4:00 4:15
Farmers carry 1:44 2:01
Run 7 3:57 4:13
Sandbag lunges 4:03 3:09
Run 8 3:46 4:39
Wall balls 4:33 4:38
Roxzone 5:09 4:46
Finish 1:05:17 1:07:02

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Valentin Niels Gap
Amsterdam 2026 Pro Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:09:26 1:09:22 0:04 · Niels faster
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