Thomas vs Paul
Thomas Poelma
Paul van der Leij
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Thomas: Heerenveen 2025, Open Men · Paul: Maastricht 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Thomas and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on Pull (faster than 37% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 4%).Paul: strongest on Push (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Thomas: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 6% | 50% |
| Push | 4% | 70% |
| Pull | 37% | 22% |
| BBJ | 20% | 44% |
| Row | 9% | 27% |
| Carry | 7% | 28% |
| Lunges | 12% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 11% | 17% |
| Roxzone | 22% | 11% |
| Runs | 12% | 11% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Thomas | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 6% | 50% |
| Sled push | 4% | 70% |
| Sled pull | 37% | 22% |
| Burpee broad jump | 20% | 44% |
| Row | 9% | 27% |
| Farmers carry | 7% | 28% |
| Sandbag lunges | 12% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 11% | 17% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 22% | 11% |
| Runs (8 km) | 12% | 11% |
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.Thomas · Heerenveen 2025 · Open Men: 48:24 running, 46:37 at the stations and 9:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:24).Below, Paul · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 45:19 running, 40:04 at the stations and 10:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:41).
See the numbers
| Part | Thomas · Heerenveen 2025 · Open Men | Paul · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:42 | 8:01 |
| SkiErg | 4:57 | 4:26 |
| Run 2 | 5:17 | 5:22 |
| Sled push | 3:58 | 2:23 |
| Run 3 | 5:46 | 5:37 |
| Sled pull | 5:10 | 5:10 |
| Run 4 | 5:54 | 6:01 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:22 | 5:47 |
| Run 5 | 6:32 | — |
| Row | 5:26 | 5:01 |
| Run 6 | 5:57 | 5:59 |
| Farmers carry | 3:10 | 2:15 |
| Run 7 | 6:28 | 6:11 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:09 | 7:21 |
| Run 8 | 7:48 | 8:07 |
| Wall balls | 9:24 | 7:41 |
| Roxzone | 9:55 | 10:26 |
| Finish | 1:44:48 | 1:43:38 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Thomas | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heerenveen 2025 Open Men · 10 May 2025 | 1:44:48 | 1:44:52 | 0:04 · Thomas faster |
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