Sam vs Elmer

NED NED · Open Men · 1 result

Sam van der Pool

2:38:02 best Open Men time · Amsterdam 2026
2799th of 2,802 place in that race · 2,802 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 2 results

Elmer Pakoejoe

2:06:04 best Open Men time · Amsterdam 2024
2152nd of 2,198 place in that race · 2,198 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men · Elmer: Amsterdam 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and Elmer sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 5% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 0%).Elmer: strongest on Push (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Sam: faster than Elmer: faster than
Ski 0% 1%
Push 2% 46%
Pull 3% 1%
BBJ 2% 8%
Row 0% 3%
Carry 4% 25%
Lunges 4% 3%
Wall balls 5% 9%
Roxzone 1% 1%
Runs 0% 4%

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

Part by part

Part Sam Elmer
SkiErg 0% 1%
Sled push 2% 46%
Sled pull 3% 1%
Burpee broad jump 2% 8%
Row 0% 3%
Farmers carry 4% 25%
Sandbag lunges 4% 3%
Wall balls 5% 9%
Roxzone (moving) 1% 1%
Runs (8 km) 0% 4%

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

Sam · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men2:38:02
4:505:589:194:3311:337:2210:1010:1411:196:4510:103:1010:568:4115:4012:5714:34
Elmer · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men2:06:04
4:095:306:242:267:087:438:038:448:285:437:532:157:399:0413:129:1912:32
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.Sam · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 1:23:58 running, 59:40 at the stations and 14:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:57).Below, Elmer · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men: 1:02:56 running, 50:44 at the stations and 12:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:19).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men Elmer · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 4:50 4:09
SkiErg 5:58 5:30
Run 2 9:19 6:24
Sled push 4:33 2:26
Run 3 11:33 7:08
Sled pull 7:22 7:43
Run 4 10:10 8:03
Burpee broad jump 10:14 8:44
Run 5 11:19 8:28
Row 6:45 5:43
Run 6 10:10 7:53
Farmers carry 3:10 2:15
Run 7 10:56 7:39
Sandbag lunges 8:41 9:04
Run 8 15:40 13:12
Wall balls 12:57 9:19
Roxzone 14:34 12:32
Finish 2:38:02 2:06:04

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam Elmer Gap
Amsterdam 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 2:38:02 2:34:47 3:15 · Elmer faster
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