Ilian vs Merijn
Ilian Kats
Merijn van Halm
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ilian: Utrecht 2025, Open Men · Merijn: Amsterdam 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Ilian and Merijn sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ilian: strongest on Push (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 29%).Merijn: strongest on Carry (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 8%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ilian: faster than | Merijn: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 30% | 69% |
| Push | 89% | 39% |
| Pull | 46% | 46% |
| BBJ | 40% | 8% |
| Row | 47% | 54% |
| Carry | 42% | 70% |
| Lunges | 69% | 46% |
| Wall balls | 47% | 35% |
| Roxzone | 29% | 45% |
| Runs | 29% | 48% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ilian | Merijn |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 30% | 69% |
| Sled push | 89% | 39% |
| Sled pull | 46% | 46% |
| Burpee broad jump | 40% | 8% |
| Row | 47% | 54% |
| Farmers carry | 42% | 70% |
| Sandbag lunges | 69% | 46% |
| Wall balls | 47% | 35% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 29% | 45% |
| Runs (8 km) | 29% | 48% |
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.Ilian · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men: 48:02 running, 38:08 at the stations and 6:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:32).Below, Merijn · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men: 44:47 running, 38:35 at the stations and 6:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:47).
See the numbers
| Part | Ilian · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men | Merijn · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:51 | 3:40 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 4:17 |
| Run 2 | 5:06 | 5:30 |
| Sled push | 2:50 | 2:31 |
| Run 3 | 5:53 | 5:56 |
| Sled pull | 5:10 | 4:29 |
| Run 4 | 5:55 | 5:45 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:11 | 8:47 |
| Run 5 | 6:10 | 5:55 |
| Row | 4:51 | 4:45 |
| Run 6 | 6:21 | 5:39 |
| Farmers carry | 2:20 | 1:47 |
| Run 7 | 6:16 | 5:40 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:34 | 5:05 |
| Run 8 | 7:30 | 6:42 |
| Wall balls | 7:32 | 6:55 |
| Roxzone | 6:48 | 6:30 |
| Finish | 1:32:51 | 1:29:46 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ilian | Merijn | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utrecht 2025 Open Men · 28 Nov 2025 | 1:32:51 | 1:32:53 | 0:02 · Ilian faster |
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