Aron vs Niek

NED NED · Open Men · 11 results

Aron Schalk

1:07:12 best Open Men time · Maastricht 2025
58th of 1,936 place in that race · 1,936 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 7 results

Niek Borst

1:02:40 best Open Men time · Amsterdam 2026
52nd of 2,802 place in that race · 2,802 Open Men finishers

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

Aron: Maastricht 2025, Open Men · Niek: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Aron and Niek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Aron: strongest on Row (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 56%).Niek: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 74%).

See the numbers
Part Aron: faster than Niek: faster than
Ski 97% 86%
Push 56% 74%
Pull 96% 97%
BBJ 97% 95%
Row 98% 90%
Carry 94% 77%
Lunges 95% 91%
Wall balls 93% 97%
Roxzone 95% 99%
Runs 94% 98%

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

Part by part

Part Aron Niek
SkiErg 97% 86%
Sled push 56% 74%
Sled pull 96% 97%
Burpee broad jump 97% 95%
Row 98% 90%
Farmers carry 94% 77%
Sandbag lunges 95% 91%
Wall balls 93% 97%
Roxzone (moving) 95% 99%
Runs (8 km) 94% 98%

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

Aron · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men1:07:12
4:024:004:012:373:503:424:083:394:164:154:141:354:023:334:525:105:24
Niek · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men1:02:40
2:504:103:402:393:513:193:513:304:004:233:561:454:023:464:284:144:25
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.Aron · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 33:25 running, 28:31 at the stations and 5:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:10).Below, Niek · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 30:38 running, 27:46 at the stations and 4:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:23).

See the numbers
Part Aron · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men Niek · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:02 2:50
SkiErg 4:00 4:10
Run 2 4:01 3:40
Sled push 2:37 2:39
Run 3 3:50 3:51
Sled pull 3:42 3:19
Run 4 4:08 3:51
Burpee broad jump 3:39 3:30
Run 5 4:16 4:00
Row 4:15 4:23
Run 6 4:14 3:56
Farmers carry 1:35 1:45
Run 7 4:02 4:02
Sandbag lunges 3:33 3:46
Run 8 4:52 4:28
Wall balls 5:10 4:14
Roxzone 5:24 4:25
Finish 1:07:12 1:02:40

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Aron Niek Gap
Maastricht 2025 Open Men · 19 Sep 2025 1:07:12 1:07:21 0:09 · Aron faster
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