Merwin vs Nicholaj
NED · Open Men · 4 results Merwin Bierlee
DEN · Open Men · 5 results Nicholaj Frimann
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Merwin: Maastricht 2025, Open Men · Nicholaj: Riga 2026, Open Men
no splitRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
This chart shows where Merwin and Nicholaj sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Merwin: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 16%).Nicholaj: strongest on Row (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 14%).
See the numbers
| Part | Merwin: faster than | Nicholaj: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 19% | 45% |
| Push | 48% | 56% |
| Pull | 56% | 46% |
| BBJ | 48% | no split |
| Row | 56% | 74% |
| Carry | 16% | 53% |
| Lunges | 45% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 66% |
| Roxzone | 65% | 14% |
| Runs | 44% | 69% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Merwin | Nicholaj |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 19% | 45% |
| Sled push | 48% | 56% |
| Sled pull | 56% | 46% |
| Burpee broad jump | 48% | — |
| Row | 56% | 74% |
| Farmers carry | 16% | 53% |
| Sandbag lunges | 45% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 66% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 65% | 14% |
| Runs (8 km) | 44% | 69% |
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.Merwin · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 37:03 running, 34:02 at the stations and 6:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:37).Below, Nicholaj · Riga 2026 · Open Men: 40:43 running, 29:30 at the stations and 9:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:02).
See the numbers
| Part | Merwin · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men | Nicholaj · Riga 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:02 | 5:38 |
| SkiErg | 4:44 | 4:36 |
| Run 2 | 4:52 | 4:51 |
| Sled push | 2:40 | 2:44 |
| Run 3 | 5:01 | 5:01 |
| Sled pull | 4:13 | 4:30 |
| Run 4 | 4:55 | 5:01 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:37 | — |
| Run 5 | — | 5:05 |
| Row | 4:42 | 4:29 |
| Run 6 | 5:05 | 5:09 |
| Farmers carry | 2:28 | 2:02 |
| Run 7 | 5:03 | 5:07 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:09 | 5:08 |
| Run 8 | 5:05 | 4:51 |
| Wall balls | 4:29 | 6:02 |
| Roxzone | 6:23 | 9:02 |
| Finish | 1:23:34 | 1:19:11 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Merwin | Nicholaj | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:24:19 | 1:24:18 | 0:01 · Nicholaj faster |
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