Marcel vs Niek
NED · Pro Men · 1 result Marcel Varela Ribeiro
NED · Pro Men · 4 results Niek van Herwerden
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Marcel: Amsterdam 2024, Pro Men · Niek: Heerenveen 2025, Pro Men
This chart shows where Marcel and Niek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Marcel: strongest on Ski (faster than 28% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 1%).Niek: strongest on Pull (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 2%).
See the numbers
| Part | Marcel: faster than | Niek: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 28% | 9% |
| Push | 5% | 14% |
| Pull | 11% | 69% |
| BBJ | 4% | 25% |
| Row | 7% | 13% |
| Carry | 1% | 16% |
| Lunges | 11% | 22% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 2% |
| Roxzone | 9% | 28% |
| Runs | 10% | 8% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Marcel | Niek |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 28% | 9% |
| Sled push | 5% | 14% |
| Sled pull | 11% | 69% |
| Burpee broad jump | 4% | 25% |
| Row | 7% | 13% |
| Farmers carry | 1% | 16% |
| Sandbag lunges | 11% | 22% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 2% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 9% | 28% |
| Runs (8 km) | 10% | 8% |
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.Marcel · Amsterdam 2024 · Pro Men: 50:24 running, 48:19 at the stations and 8:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:53).Below, Niek · Heerenveen 2025 · Pro Men: 45:27 running, 46:07 at the stations and 8:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:13).
See the numbers
| Part | Marcel · Amsterdam 2024 · Pro Men | Niek · Heerenveen 2025 · Pro Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:20 | 4:44 |
| SkiErg | 4:20 | 4:35 |
| Run 2 | 5:09 | 4:44 |
| Sled push | 4:12 | 4:14 |
| Run 3 | 5:52 | 5:28 |
| Sled pull | 7:03 | 5:21 |
| Run 4 | 5:51 | 7:21 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:44 | 5:46 |
| Run 5 | 6:18 | 5:19 |
| Row | 5:05 | 4:57 |
| Run 6 | 6:38 | 5:21 |
| Farmers carry | 4:02 | 2:49 |
| Run 7 | 6:49 | 5:34 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:01 | 6:12 |
| Run 8 | 10:27 | 6:56 |
| Wall balls | 8:53 | 12:13 |
| Roxzone | 8:12 | 8:33 |
| Finish | 1:46:45 | 1:39:59 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Marcel | Niek | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam 2024 Pro Men · 10 Oct 2024 | 1:46:45 | 1:46:16 | 0:29 · Niek faster |
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