Michael vs Nick

NED NED · Open Men · 2 results

Michael van Velzen

1:28:59 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2026
1554th of 2,721 place in that race · 2,721 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 3 results

Nick de Graaf

1:20:43 best Open Men time · Amsterdam 2024
764th of 2,198 place in that race · 2,198 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men · Nick: Amsterdam 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Nick 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%).Nick: strongest on Carry (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 32%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Nick: faster than
Ski 59% 67%
Push 29% 57%
Pull 20% 41%
BBJ 37% 73%
Row 18% 46%
Carry 41% 94%
Lunges 54% 91%
Wall balls 32% 32%
Roxzone 39% 59%
Runs 53% 64%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Nick
SkiErg 59% 67%
Sled push 29% 57%
Sled pull 20% 41%
Burpee broad jump 37% 73%
Row 18% 46%
Farmers carry 41% 94%
Sandbag lunges 54% 91%
Wall balls 32% 32%
Roxzone (moving) 39% 59%
Runs (8 km) 53% 64%

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

Michael · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men1:28:59
4:374:404:363:065:115:285:126:145:085:175:102:185:055:046:088:297:24
Nick · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men1:20:43
3:344:185:042:195:454:365:324:465:294:505:181:265:263:385:477:045:56
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.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, Nick · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men: 41:55 running, 32:57 at the stations and 5:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:04).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men Nick · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 4:37 3:34
SkiErg 4:40 4:18
Run 2 4:36 5:04
Sled push 3:06 2:19
Run 3 5:11 5:45
Sled pull 5:28 4:36
Run 4 5:12 5:32
Burpee broad jump 6:14 4:46
Run 5 5:08 5:29
Row 5:17 4:50
Run 6 5:10 5:18
Farmers carry 2:18 1:26
Run 7 5:05 5:26
Sandbag lunges 5:04 3:38
Run 8 6:08 5:47
Wall balls 8:29 7:04
Roxzone 7:24 5:56
Finish 1:28:59 1:20:43

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Nick Gap
Rotterdam 2026 Open Men · 15 Apr 2026 1:28:59 1:28:59 level
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