Patrick vs Niek
Patrick van de Walle
Niek Minderhoud
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Patrick: Mechelen 2026, Open Men · Niek: Mechelen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Patrick and Niek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Patrick: strongest on Row (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 22%).Niek: strongest on Push (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 21%).
See the numbers
| Part | Patrick: faster than | Niek: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 73% | 68% |
| Push | 22% | 86% |
| Pull | 71% | 54% |
| BBJ | 55% | 37% |
| Row | 74% | 63% |
| Carry | 50% | 21% |
| Lunges | 59% | 52% |
| Wall balls | 74% | 39% |
| Roxzone | 69% | 45% |
| Runs | 42% | 67% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Patrick | Niek |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 73% | 68% |
| Sled push | 22% | 86% |
| Sled pull | 71% | 54% |
| Burpee broad jump | 55% | 37% |
| Row | 74% | 63% |
| Farmers carry | 50% | 21% |
| Sandbag lunges | 59% | 52% |
| Wall balls | 74% | 39% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 69% | 45% |
| Runs (8 km) | 42% | 67% |
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.Patrick · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 39:35 running, 33:37 at the stations and 7:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:40).Below, Niek · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 35:57 running, 36:10 at the stations and 8:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:18) and the shortest the sled push (2:10).
See the numbers
| Part | Patrick · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men | Niek · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:36 | 3:24 |
| SkiErg | 4:18 | 4:20 |
| Run 2 | 4:45 | 4:12 |
| Sled push | 3:07 | 2:10 |
| Run 3 | 5:06 | 4:23 |
| Sled pull | 3:54 | 4:15 |
| Run 4 | 5:05 | 4:28 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:18 | 6:03 |
| Run 5 | 5:20 | 4:34 |
| Row | 4:32 | 4:38 |
| Run 6 | 5:12 | 4:38 |
| Farmers carry | 2:04 | 2:31 |
| Run 7 | 5:04 | 4:37 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:43 | 4:55 |
| Run 8 | 5:27 | 5:41 |
| Wall balls | 5:40 | 7:18 |
| Roxzone | 7:03 | 8:02 |
| Finish | 1:20:06 | 1:20:03 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Patrick | Niek | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 | 1:20:06 | 1:20:03 | 0:03 · Niek faster |
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