Robert vs Michael

NED NED · Open Men · 2 results

Robert Janssen

1:37:17 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
1253rd of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers
BEL BEL · Open Men · 1 result

Michael de Backer

1:37:17 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
1252nd of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Robert: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Michael: Mechelen 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
RobertMichaeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Robert and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Robert: strongest on Ski (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 15%).Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 15%).

See the numbers
Part Robert: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 67% 60%
Push 35% 68%
Pull 64% 33%
BBJ 25% 25%
Row 17% 28%
Carry 53% 75%
Lunges 15% 70%
Wall balls 37% 25%
Roxzone 25% 15%
Runs 16% 15%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Robert Michael
SkiErg 67% 60%
Sled push 35% 68%
Sled pull 64% 33%
Burpee broad jump 25% 25%
Row 17% 28%
Farmers carry 53% 75%
Sandbag lunges 15% 70%
Wall balls 37% 25%
Roxzone (moving) 25% 15%
Runs (8 km) 16% 15%

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

Robert · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:37:17
6:434:204:562:465:174:395:267:005:255:145:312:085:407:016:496:5311:29
Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:37:17
6:264:234:412:195:245:446:007:005:535:045:351:525:494:376:147:3512:41
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Robert · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 45:47 running, 40:01 at the stations and 11:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:01).Below, Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 46:01 running, 38:34 at the stations and 12:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:35).

See the numbers
Part Robert · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men Michael · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 6:43 6:26
SkiErg 4:20 4:23
Run 2 4:56 4:41
Sled push 2:46 2:19
Run 3 5:17 5:24
Sled pull 4:39 5:44
Run 4 5:26 6:00
Burpee broad jump 7:00 7:00
Run 5 5:25 5:53
Row 5:14 5:04
Run 6 5:31 5:35
Farmers carry 2:08 1:52
Run 7 5:40 5:49
Sandbag lunges 7:01 4:37
Run 8 6:49 6:14
Wall balls 6:53 7:35
Roxzone 11:29 12:41
Finish 1:37:17 1:37:17

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Robert Michael Gap
Mechelen 2025 Open Men · 4 Apr 2025 1:37:17 1:37:17 level
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