Frank vs Max

NED NED · Open Men · 5 results

Frank van Polanen

1:49:22 best Open Men time · Ghent 2025
1325th of 1,429 place in that race · 1,429 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 1 result

Max Nijland

1:49:40 best Open Men time · Ghent 2025
1326th of 1,429 place in that race · 1,429 Open Men finishers

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

Frank: Ghent 2025, Open Men · Max: Ghent 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Frank and Max sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Frank: strongest on Carry (faster than 64% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).Max: strongest on Push (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 3%).

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Part Frank: faster than Max: faster than
Ski 10% 5%
Push 59% 92%
Pull 51% 19%
BBJ 11% 16%
Row 8% 3%
Carry 64% 7%
Lunges 21% 60%
Wall balls 14% 23%
Roxzone 1% 8%
Runs 7% 3%

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

Part by part

Part Frank Max
SkiErg 10% 5%
Sled push 59% 92%
Sled pull 51% 19%
Burpee broad jump 11% 16%
Row 8% 3%
Farmers carry 64% 7%
Sandbag lunges 21% 60%
Wall balls 14% 23%
Roxzone (moving) 1% 8%
Runs (8 km) 7% 3%

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

Frank · Ghent 2025 · Open Men1:49:22
6:214:565:452:565:534:586:107:466:395:226:221:536:526:037:5210:0713:35
Max · Ghent 2025 · Open Men1:49:40
5:305:057:292:228:006:057:597:1310:185:445:392:555:444:376:178:579:53
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.Frank · Ghent 2025 · Open Men: 51:55 running, 44:01 at the stations and 13:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:07).Below, Max · Ghent 2025 · Open Men: 56:55 running, 42:58 at the stations and 9:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:57) and the shortest the sled push (2:22).

See the numbers
Part Frank · Ghent 2025 · Open Men Max · Ghent 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 6:21 5:30
SkiErg 4:56 5:05
Run 2 5:45 7:29
Sled push 2:56 2:22
Run 3 5:53 8:00
Sled pull 4:58 6:05
Run 4 6:10 7:59
Burpee broad jump 7:46 7:13
Run 5 6:39 10:18
Row 5:22 5:44
Run 6 6:22 5:39
Farmers carry 1:53 2:55
Run 7 6:52 5:44
Sandbag lunges 6:03 4:37
Run 8 7:52 6:17
Wall balls 10:07 8:57
Roxzone 13:35 9:53
Finish 1:49:22 1:49:40

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Frank Max Gap
Ghent 2025 Open Men · 12 Dec 2025 1:49:22 1:49:40 0:18 · Frank faster
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