Samel vs Donovan
NED · Open Men · 3 results Samel Schers
NED · Open Men · 10 results Donovan Rijlaarsdam
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Samel: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men · Donovan: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Samel and Donovan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samel: strongest on Carry (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 61%).Donovan: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 65%).
See the numbers
| Part | Samel: faster than | Donovan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 92% | 89% |
| Push | 64% | 75% |
| Pull | 80% | 86% |
| BBJ | 94% | 94% |
| Row | 61% | 89% |
| Carry | 95% | 65% |
| Lunges | 93% | 95% |
| Wall balls | 94% | 88% |
| Roxzone | 82% | 99% |
| Runs | 94% | 99% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Samel | Donovan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 92% | 89% |
| Sled push | 64% | 75% |
| Sled pull | 80% | 86% |
| Burpee broad jump | 94% | 94% |
| Row | 61% | 89% |
| Farmers carry | 95% | 65% |
| Sandbag lunges | 93% | 95% |
| Wall balls | 94% | 88% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 82% | 99% |
| Runs (8 km) | 94% | 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.Samel · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 32:16 running, 28:55 at the stations and 5:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:39).Below, Donovan · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 30:28 running, 29:14 at the stations and 4:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:11).
See the numbers
| Part | Samel · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men | Donovan · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:05 | 3:34 |
| SkiErg | 4:05 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 3:51 | 3:27 |
| Sled push | 2:48 | 2:25 |
| Run 3 | 4:05 | 3:45 |
| Sled pull | 4:01 | 3:37 |
| Run 4 | 4:02 | 3:50 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:38 | 3:39 |
| Run 5 | 4:14 | 3:51 |
| Row | 4:39 | 4:27 |
| Run 6 | 4:08 | 3:49 |
| Farmers carry | 1:28 | 2:01 |
| Run 7 | 4:11 | 3:50 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:39 | 3:31 |
| Run 8 | 4:41 | 4:22 |
| Wall balls | 4:37 | 5:11 |
| Roxzone | 5:29 | 4:13 |
| Finish | 1:06:33 | 1:03:47 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Samel | Donovan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:06:33 | 1:06:33 | level |
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