Gavin vs Niels
IRL · Open Men · 2 results Gavin Doherty
BEL · Open Men · 2 results Niels Polfliet
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Gavin: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Niels: Mechelen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Gavin and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gavin: strongest on Ski (faster than 62% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 1%).Niels: strongest on Lunges (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Gavin: faster than | Niels: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 62% | 10% |
| Push | 41% | 31% |
| Pull | 36% | 24% |
| BBJ | 2% | 3% |
| Row | 24% | 6% |
| Carry | 6% | 24% |
| Lunges | 6% | 92% |
| Wall balls | 7% | 6% |
| Roxzone | 2% | 1% |
| Runs | 1% | 3% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Gavin | Niels |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 62% | 10% |
| Sled push | 41% | 31% |
| Sled pull | 36% | 24% |
| Burpee broad jump | 2% | 3% |
| Row | 24% | 6% |
| Farmers carry | 6% | 24% |
| Sandbag lunges | 6% | 92% |
| Wall balls | 7% | 6% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 2% | 1% |
| Runs (8 km) | 1% | 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
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.Gavin · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 59:48 running, 50:49 at the stations and 16:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (11:05) and the shortest the sled push (2:40).Below, 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).
See the numbers
| Part | Gavin · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men | Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 8:41 | 4:50 |
| SkiErg | 4:22 | 4:54 |
| Run 2 | 6:04 | 6:03 |
| Sled push | 2:40 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 7:10 | 6:23 |
| Sled pull | 5:36 | 5:04 |
| Run 4 | 7:02 | 6:42 |
| Burpee broad jump | 11:05 | 10:28 |
| Run 5 | 7:31 | 7:22 |
| Row | 5:08 | 5:33 |
| Run 6 | 7:38 | 6:39 |
| Farmers carry | 3:24 | 2:27 |
| Run 7 | 6:59 | 6:44 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:29 | 3:36 |
| Run 8 | 8:43 | 9:38 |
| Wall balls | 10:05 | 12:22 |
| Roxzone | 16:17 | 17:38 |
| Finish | 2:06:54 | 1:59:13 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Gavin | Niels | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechelen 2025 Open Men · 4 Apr 2025 | 2:06:54 | 2:07:02 | 0:08 · Gavin faster |
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