Sam vs Niels
Sam Girling
Niels Post
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sam: Barcelona 2025, Open Men · Niels: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Sam and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Pull (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 80%).Niels: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 98%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam: faster than | Niels: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 92% | 99% |
| Push | 85% | 99% |
| Pull | 95% | 99% |
| BBJ | 94% | 98% |
| Row | 80% | 99% |
| Carry | 80% | 98% |
| Lunges | 84% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 99% |
| Roxzone | 93% | 99% |
| Runs | 85% | 99% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sam | Niels |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 92% | 99% |
| Sled push | 85% | 99% |
| Sled pull | 95% | 99% |
| Burpee broad jump | 94% | 98% |
| Row | 80% | 99% |
| Farmers carry | 80% | 98% |
| Sandbag lunges | 84% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 99% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 93% | 99% |
| Runs (8 km) | 85% | 99% |
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.Sam · Barcelona 2025 · Open Men: 34:40 running, 28:09 at the stations and 4:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:29).Below, Niels · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 29:06 running, 23:19 at the stations and 4:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (3:59).
See the numbers
| Part | Sam · Barcelona 2025 · Open Men | Niels · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:37 | 2:49 |
| SkiErg | 4:05 | 3:53 |
| Run 2 | 3:58 | 3:31 |
| Sled push | 2:39 | 2:00 |
| Run 3 | 4:23 | 3:43 |
| Sled pull | 3:29 | 2:57 |
| Run 4 | 4:25 | 3:46 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:24 | 3:09 |
| Run 5 | 4:39 | 3:49 |
| Row | 4:29 | 3:59 |
| Run 6 | 4:23 | 3:44 |
| Farmers carry | 1:44 | 1:21 |
| Run 7 | 4:33 | 3:42 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:02 | 2:33 |
| Run 8 | 4:42 | 4:01 |
| Wall balls | 4:18 | 3:27 |
| Roxzone | 4:53 | 4:02 |
| Finish | 1:07:35 | 56:18 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Sam | Niels | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm 2026 Pro Doubles Men · 18 Jun 2026 | 55:48 | 53:19 | 2:29 · Niels faster |
| Madrid 2025 Pro Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:07:42 | 1:07:37 | 0:05 · Niels faster |
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