Niels vs Mike
Niels Palm
Mike van Brederode
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Niels: Utrecht 2025, Open Men · Mike: Amsterdam 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Niels and Mike sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Niels: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 45%).Mike: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 70%).
See the numbers
| Part | Niels: faster than | Mike: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 70% | 78% |
| Push | 73% | 85% |
| Pull | 80% | 93% |
| BBJ | 55% | 99% |
| Row | 45% | 96% |
| Carry | 63% | 70% |
| Lunges | 72% | 90% |
| Wall balls | 88% | 99% |
| Roxzone | 84% | 97% |
| Runs | 78% | 97% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Niels | Mike |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 70% | 78% |
| Sled push | 73% | 85% |
| Sled pull | 80% | 93% |
| Burpee broad jump | 55% | 99% |
| Row | 45% | 96% |
| Farmers carry | 63% | 70% |
| Sandbag lunges | 72% | 90% |
| Wall balls | 88% | 99% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 84% | 97% |
| Runs (8 km) | 78% | 97% |
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.Niels · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men: 39:07 running, 34:03 at the stations and 4:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:31).Below, Mike · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men: 33:08 running, 25:47 at the stations and 4:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:14).
See the numbers
| Part | Niels · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men | Mike · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:13 | 2:43 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:13 |
| Run 2 | 4:19 | 4:01 |
| Sled push | 3:14 | 1:57 |
| Run 3 | 4:59 | 4:11 |
| Sled pull | 4:17 | 3:14 |
| Run 4 | 5:19 | 4:13 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:31 | 3:02 |
| Run 5 | 5:37 | 4:17 |
| Row | 4:52 | 4:14 |
| Run 6 | 5:31 | 4:24 |
| Farmers carry | 2:06 | 1:47 |
| Run 7 | 5:07 | 4:28 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:30 | 3:41 |
| Run 8 | 4:01 | 4:51 |
| Wall balls | 5:12 | 3:40 |
| Roxzone | 4:26 | 4:04 |
| Finish | 1:17:28 | 1:02:54 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Niels | Mike | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utrecht 2025 Open Men · 28 Nov 2025 | 1:17:28 | 1:17:25 | 0:03 · Mike faster |
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