Niels vs Pascal

BEL BEL · Open Men · 2 results

Niels Polfliet

1:59:13 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2026
2589th of 2,671 place in that race · 2,671 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 4 results

Pascal de Wachter

1:59:08 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2026
2588th of 2,671 place in that race · 2,671 Open Men finishers

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

Niels: Mechelen 2026, Open Men · Pascal: Mechelen 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Niels and Pascal sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Niels: strongest on Lunges (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).Pascal: strongest on Push (faster than 28% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 1%).

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Part Niels: faster than Pascal: faster than
Ski 10% 18%
Push 31% 28%
Pull 24% 6%
BBJ 3% 9%
Row 6% 14%
Carry 24% 1%
Lunges 92% 6%
Wall balls 6% 23%
Roxzone 1% 5%
Runs 3% 1%

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

Part by part

Part Niels Pascal
SkiErg 10% 18%
Sled push 31% 28%
Sled pull 24% 6%
Burpee broad jump 3% 9%
Row 6% 14%
Farmers carry 24% 1%
Sandbag lunges 92% 6%
Wall balls 6% 23%
Roxzone (moving) 1% 5%
Runs (8 km) 3% 1%

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

Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men1:59:13
4:504:546:032:576:235:046:4210:287:225:336:392:276:443:369:3812:2217:38
Pascal · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men1:59:08
4:514:456:273:006:486:217:198:207:485:157:154:117:227:5910:228:3912:35
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.Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 54:20 running, 47:22 at the stations and 17:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:22).Below, Pascal · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 58:13 running, 48:29 at the stations and 12:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:39) and the shortest the sled push (3:00).

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Part Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men Pascal · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:50 4:51
SkiErg 4:54 4:45
Run 2 6:03 6:27
Sled push 2:57 3:00
Run 3 6:23 6:48
Sled pull 5:04 6:21
Run 4 6:42 7:19
Burpee broad jump 10:28 8:20
Run 5 7:22 7:48
Row 5:33 5:15
Run 6 6:39 7:15
Farmers carry 2:27 4:11
Run 7 6:44 7:22
Sandbag lunges 3:36 7:59
Run 8 9:38 10:22
Wall balls 12:22 8:39
Roxzone 17:38 12:35
Finish 1:59:13 1:59:08

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Niels Pascal Gap
Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 1:59:13 1:59:08 0:05 · Pascal faster
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