Erik vs Niels

NED NED · Open Men · 1 result

Erik Derks

1:41:40 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2026
2208th of 2,721 place in that race · 2,721 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 3 results

Niels van der Meer

1:41:39 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2026
2206th of 2,721 place in that race · 2,721 Open Men finishers

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

Erik: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men · Niels: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Erik and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Erik: strongest on Ski (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 11%).Niels: strongest on BBJ (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 7%).

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Part Erik: faster than Niels: faster than
Ski 73% 16%
Push 26% 34%
Pull 17% 13%
BBJ 11% 72%
Row 42% 45%
Carry 21% 21%
Lunges 24% 20%
Wall balls 45% 7%
Roxzone 22% 13%
Runs 14% 24%

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

Part by part

Part Erik Niels
SkiErg 73% 16%
Sled push 26% 34%
Sled pull 17% 13%
Burpee broad jump 11% 72%
Row 42% 45%
Farmers carry 21% 21%
Sandbag lunges 24% 20%
Wall balls 45% 7%
Roxzone (moving) 22% 13%
Runs (8 km) 14% 24%

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

Erik · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men1:41:40
4:254:334:263:099:445:389:448:116:094:565:002:394:566:185:527:358:31
Niels · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men1:41:39
5:395:075:113:005:235:535:394:515:354:545:392:395:516:357:5012:309:30
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.Erik · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 50:16 running, 42:58 at the stations and 8:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:11).Below, Niels · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 46:46 running, 45:29 at the stations and 9:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:30).

See the numbers
Part Erik · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men Niels · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:25 5:39
SkiErg 4:33 5:07
Run 2 4:26 5:11
Sled push 3:09 3:00
Run 3 9:44 5:23
Sled pull 5:38 5:53
Run 4 9:44 5:39
Burpee broad jump 8:11 4:51
Run 5 6:09 5:35
Row 4:56 4:54
Run 6 5:00 5:39
Farmers carry 2:39 2:39
Run 7 4:56 5:51
Sandbag lunges 6:18 6:35
Run 8 5:52 7:50
Wall balls 7:35 12:30
Roxzone 8:31 9:30
Finish 1:41:40 1:41:39

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Erik Niels Gap
Rotterdam 2026 Open Men · 15 Apr 2026 1:41:40 1:41:39 0:01 · Niels faster
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