Paul vs Eljan
NED · Pro Men · 19 results Paul Hesselberth
NED · Pro Men · 18 results Eljan van Soeren
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Paul: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Eljan: Maastricht 2026, Pro Men
Not the same division. Paul's race here is Open Men and Eljan's is Pro Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.
no split
This chart shows where Paul and Eljan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 83%).Eljan: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 64%).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul: faster than | Eljan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 96% | 64% |
| Push | 83% | 89% |
| Pull | 97% | 73% |
| BBJ | 90% | 93% |
| Row | 94% | 79% |
| Carry | 97% | 90% |
| Lunges | 99% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 97% | 95% |
| Roxzone | 99% | 88% |
| Runs | no split | 77% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Paul | Eljan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 96% | 64% |
| Sled push | 83% | 89% |
| Sled pull | 97% | 73% |
| Burpee broad jump | 90% | 93% |
| Row | 94% | 79% |
| Farmers carry | 97% | 90% |
| Sandbag lunges | 99% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 97% | 95% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 99% | 88% |
| Runs (8 km) | — | 77% |
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.Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 24:28 running, 26:57 at the stations and 7:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:26).Below, Eljan · Maastricht 2026 · Pro Men: 32:02 running, 28:11 at the stations and 5:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:22).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Eljan · Maastricht 2026 · Pro Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:30 | 3:03 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:09 |
| Run 2 | 2:52 | 3:48 |
| Sled push | 2:22 | 2:44 |
| Run 3 | 2:57 | 4:05 |
| Sled pull | 3:23 | 4:15 |
| Run 4 | 2:57 | 4:07 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:45 | 2:45 |
| Run 5 | 2:58 | 4:09 |
| Row | 4:26 | 4:22 |
| Run 6 | 2:56 | 4:03 |
| Farmers carry | 1:26 | 1:38 |
| Run 7 | 2:57 | 4:09 |
| Sandbag lunges | 2:55 | 3:57 |
| Run 8 | 4:21 | 4:38 |
| Wall balls | 4:19 | 4:21 |
| Roxzone | 7:56 | 5:05 |
| Finish | 59:13 | 1:05:10 |
Head to head: 7 races they both ran
| Race | Paul | Eljan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastricht 2026 Doubles Men · 17 Sep 2026 | 56:02 | 58:27 | 2:25 · Paul faster |
| Maastricht 2026 Pro Men · 17 Sep 2026 | 1:05:18 | 1:05:10 | 0:08 · Eljan faster |
| Heerenveen 2026 Pro Men · 17 May 2026 | 1:01:26 | 1:05:30 | 4:04 · Paul faster |
| Rotterdam 2026 Pro Doubles Men · 15 Apr 2026 | 54:04 | 1:00:11 | 6:07 · Paul faster |
| Mechelen 2026 Pro Doubles Men · 27 Mar 2026 | 54:14 | 1:01:00 | 6:46 · Paul faster |
| Amsterdam 2026 Pro Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:03:25 | 1:07:02 | 3:37 · Paul faster |
| Rotterdam 2025 Pro Men · 27 Feb 2025 | 1:15:23 | 1:14:33 | 0:50 · Eljan faster |
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