Simon vs Niels
Simon Lyons
Niels van Diest
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Simon: Málaga 2025, Open Men · Niels: Málaga 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Simon and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Pull (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 7%).Niels: strongest on Lunges (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 24%).
See the numbers
| Part | Simon: faster than | Niels: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 7% | 45% |
| Push | 73% | 66% |
| Pull | 87% | 28% |
| BBJ | 42% | 43% |
| Row | 37% | 28% |
| Carry | 68% | 55% |
| Lunges | 37% | 77% |
| Wall balls | 58% | 67% |
| Roxzone | 74% | 29% |
| Runs | 16% | 24% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Simon | Niels |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 7% | 45% |
| Sled push | 73% | 66% |
| Sled pull | 87% | 28% |
| Burpee broad jump | 42% | 43% |
| Row | 37% | 28% |
| Farmers carry | 68% | 55% |
| Sandbag lunges | 37% | 77% |
| Wall balls | 58% | 67% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 74% | 29% |
| Runs (8 km) | 16% | 24% |
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.Simon · Málaga 2025 · Open Men: 46:19 running, 34:47 at the stations and 5:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:41).Below, Niels · Málaga 2025 · Open Men: 44:25 running, 34:42 at the stations and 7:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:26).
See the numbers
| Part | Simon · Málaga 2025 · Open Men | Niels · Málaga 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:57 | 4:26 |
| SkiErg | 4:54 | 4:25 |
| Run 2 | 6:57 | 4:53 |
| Sled push | 2:46 | 2:51 |
| Run 3 | 5:26 | 5:48 |
| Sled pull | 3:36 | 5:14 |
| Run 4 | 5:25 | 5:41 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:30 | 5:26 |
| Run 5 | 5:32 | 5:49 |
| Row | 5:02 | 5:09 |
| Run 6 | 5:16 | 5:52 |
| Farmers carry | 1:53 | 2:02 |
| Run 7 | 5:16 | 5:49 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:25 | 4:16 |
| Run 8 | 5:30 | 6:07 |
| Wall balls | 5:41 | 5:19 |
| Roxzone | 5:13 | 7:13 |
| Finish | 1:26:11 | 1:26:14 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Simon | Niels | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Málaga 2025 Open Men · 23 Mar 2025 | 1:26:11 | 1:26:14 | 0:03 · Simon faster |
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