Sander vs V.j

NED NED · Open Men · 1 result

Sander Brakels

2:33:09 best Open Men time · Heerenveen 2026
1764th of 1,771 place in that race · 1,771 Open Men finishers
THA THA · Open Men · 1 result

V.j Hendriks

2:40:01 best Open Men time · Heerenveen 2026
1765th of 1,771 place in that race · 1,771 Open Men finishers

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

Sander: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men · V.j: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
SanderV.jedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Sander and V.j sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sander: strongest on Ski (faster than 50% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 0%).V.j: strongest on Row (faster than 8% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 0%).

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Part Sander: faster than V.j: faster than
Ski 50% 1%
Push 1% 0%
Pull 2% 2%
BBJ 1% 1%
Row 6% 8%
Carry 1% 2%
Lunges 0% 0%
Wall balls 0% 0%
Roxzone 8% 5%
Runs 3% 0%

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

Part by part

Part Sander V.j
SkiErg 50% 1%
Sled push 1% 0%
Sled pull 2% 2%
Burpee broad jump 1% 1%
Row 6% 8%
Farmers carry 1% 2%
Sandbag lunges 0% 0%
Wall balls 0% 0%
Roxzone (moving) 8% 5%
Runs (8 km) 3% 0%

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

Sander · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men2:33:09
5:534:276:205:166:407:136:3213:127:045:347:084:117:2223:149:0722:1711:46
V.j · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men2:40:01
7:565:3010:416:397:117:027:3511:588:075:277:323:307:3515:0613:3521:3513:11
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.Sander · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 56:06 running, 1:25:24 at the stations and 11:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (23:14).Below, V.j · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 1:10:11 running, 1:16:47 at the stations and 13:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (21:35).

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Part Sander · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men V.j · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:53 7:56
SkiErg 4:27 5:30
Run 2 6:20 10:41
Sled push 5:16 6:39
Run 3 6:40 7:11
Sled pull 7:13 7:02
Run 4 6:32 7:35
Burpee broad jump 13:12 11:58
Run 5 7:04 8:07
Row 5:34 5:27
Run 6 7:08 7:32
Farmers carry 4:11 3:30
Run 7 7:22 7:35
Sandbag lunges 23:14 15:06
Run 8 9:07 13:35
Wall balls 22:17 21:35
Roxzone 11:46 13:11
Finish 2:33:09 2:40:01

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sander V.j Gap
Heerenveen 2026 Open Men · 17 May 2026 2:33:09 2:40:01 6:52 · Sander faster
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