Merle vs Sam
NED · Open Women · 1 result Merle van de Koppel
NED · Open Women · 1 result Sam Schellekens
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Merle: Rotterdam 2026, Open Women · Sam: Rotterdam 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Merle and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Merle: strongest on Push (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).Sam: strongest on Runs (faster than 48% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 0%).
See the numbers
| Part | Merle: faster than | Sam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 3% | 7% |
| Push | 44% | 0% |
| Pull | 7% | 36% |
| BBJ | 24% | 2% |
| Row | 23% | 7% |
| Carry | 6% | 12% |
| Lunges | 9% | 39% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 4% |
| Roxzone | 1% | 36% |
| Runs | 18% | 48% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Merle | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 3% | 7% |
| Sled push | 44% | 0% |
| Sled pull | 7% | 36% |
| Burpee broad jump | 24% | 2% |
| Row | 23% | 7% |
| Farmers carry | 6% | 12% |
| Sandbag lunges | 9% | 39% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 4% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 1% | 36% |
| Runs (8 km) | 18% | 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.Merle · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Women: 55:35 running, 51:28 at the stations and 15:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:53) and the shortest the sled push (2:46).Below, Sam · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Women: 48:14 running, 1:05:27 at the stations and 8:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (14:47).
See the numbers
| Part | Merle · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Women | Sam · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:03 | 5:10 |
| SkiErg | 6:36 | 6:15 |
| Run 2 | 6:18 | 5:32 |
| Sled push | 2:46 | 10:10 |
| Run 3 | 8:23 | 5:56 |
| Sled pull | 7:37 | 5:41 |
| Run 4 | 6:26 | 5:55 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:53 | 14:47 |
| Run 5 | 6:10 | 6:20 |
| Row | 5:53 | 6:26 |
| Run 6 | 6:20 | 6:03 |
| Farmers carry | 3:32 | 3:10 |
| Run 7 | 7:06 | 6:11 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:33 | 5:31 |
| Run 8 | 8:50 | 7:07 |
| Wall balls | 8:38 | 13:27 |
| Roxzone | 15:14 | 8:46 |
| Finish | 2:02:10 | 2:02:19 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Merle | Sam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam 2026 Open Women · 15 Apr 2026 | 2:02:10 | 2:02:19 | 0:09 · Merle faster |
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