Michael vs Maerten
NED · Open Men · 2 results Michael van Velzen
NED · Open Men · 6 results Maerten Rothert
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men · Maerten: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Maerten sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Ski (faster than 59% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 18%).Maerten: strongest on BBJ (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 22%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Maerten: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 59% | 70% |
| Push | 29% | 33% |
| Pull | 20% | 38% |
| BBJ | 37% | 81% |
| Row | 18% | 51% |
| Carry | 41% | 22% |
| Lunges | 54% | 39% |
| Wall balls | 32% | 36% |
| Roxzone | 39% | 57% |
| Runs | 53% | 40% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Maerten |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 59% | 70% |
| Sled push | 29% | 33% |
| Sled pull | 20% | 38% |
| Burpee broad jump | 37% | 81% |
| Row | 18% | 51% |
| Farmers carry | 41% | 22% |
| Sandbag lunges | 54% | 39% |
| Wall balls | 32% | 36% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 39% | 57% |
| Runs (8 km) | 53% | 40% |
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.Michael · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 41:07 running, 40:36 at the stations and 7:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:29).Below, Maerten · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 41:33 running, 36:04 at the stations and 7:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:34).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men | Maerten · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:37 | 4:28 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 4:18 |
| Run 2 | 4:36 | 4:52 |
| Sled push | 3:06 | 3:01 |
| Run 3 | 5:11 | 4:58 |
| Sled pull | 5:28 | 4:25 |
| Run 4 | 5:12 | 5:03 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:14 | 4:22 |
| Run 5 | 5:08 | 5:22 |
| Row | 5:17 | 4:45 |
| Run 6 | 5:10 | 5:18 |
| Farmers carry | 2:18 | 2:26 |
| Run 7 | 5:05 | 5:31 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:04 | 5:12 |
| Run 8 | 6:08 | 6:00 |
| Wall balls | 8:29 | 7:34 |
| Roxzone | 7:24 | 7:28 |
| Finish | 1:28:59 | 1:24:54 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Maerten | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam 2026 Open Men · 15 Apr 2026 | 1:28:59 | 1:29:05 | 0:06 · Michael faster |
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