Thijs vs Karel
Thijs van Poppel
Karel Eisses
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Thijs: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men · Karel: Stockholm 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Thijs and Karel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thijs: strongest on Ski (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 37%).Karel: strongest on Carry (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 52%).
See the numbers
| Part | Thijs: faster than | Karel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 97% | 89% |
| Push | 37% | 95% |
| Pull | 65% | 90% |
| BBJ | 76% | 79% |
| Row | 77% | 86% |
| Carry | 62% | 96% |
| Lunges | 78% | 52% |
| Wall balls | 94% | 89% |
| Roxzone | 90% | 96% |
| Runs | 84% | 88% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Thijs | Karel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 97% | 89% |
| Sled push | 37% | 95% |
| Sled pull | 65% | 90% |
| Burpee broad jump | 76% | 79% |
| Row | 77% | 86% |
| Farmers carry | 62% | 96% |
| Sandbag lunges | 78% | 52% |
| Wall balls | 94% | 89% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 90% | 96% |
| Runs (8 km) | 84% | 88% |
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.Thijs · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 35:59 running, 31:38 at the stations and 5:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:41).Below, Karel · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men: 33:20 running, 30:07 at the stations and 5:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (5:09).
See the numbers
| Part | Thijs · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men | Karel · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:20 | 3:58 |
| SkiErg | 4:13 | 4:07 |
| Run 2 | 4:14 | 3:53 |
| Sled push | 2:57 | 2:00 |
| Run 3 | 4:18 | 4:01 |
| Sled pull | 4:10 | 3:33 |
| Run 4 | 4:24 | 4:03 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:40 | 4:27 |
| Run 5 | 4:31 | 4:15 |
| Row | 4:35 | 4:22 |
| Run 6 | 4:33 | 4:05 |
| Farmers carry | 2:03 | 1:24 |
| Run 7 | 4:26 | 4:08 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:19 | 5:09 |
| Run 8 | 5:13 | 4:57 |
| Wall balls | 4:41 | 5:04 |
| Roxzone | 5:10 | 5:22 |
| Finish | 1:12:38 | 1:08:42 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Thijs | Karel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastricht 2026 Doubles Men · 17 Sep 2026 | 1:01:17 | 57:14 | 4:03 · Karel faster |
| Rotterdam 2026 Open Men · 15 Apr 2026 | 1:12:38 | 1:12:37 | 0:01 · Karel faster |
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