Marcel vs Niek
NED · Open Men · 4 results Marcel van der Land
NED · Open Men · 3 results Niek de Bruin
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Marcel: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men · Niek: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Marcel and Niek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Marcel: strongest on Row (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 22%).Niek: strongest on BBJ (faster than 71% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 25%).
See the numbers
| Part | Marcel: faster than | Niek: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 39% | 31% |
| Push | 22% | 37% |
| Pull | 53% | 31% |
| BBJ | 35% | 71% |
| Row | 58% | 71% |
| Carry | 48% | 48% |
| Lunges | 28% | 47% |
| Wall balls | 41% | 67% |
| Roxzone | 42% | 55% |
| Runs | 48% | 25% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Marcel | Niek |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 39% | 31% |
| Sled push | 22% | 37% |
| Sled pull | 53% | 31% |
| Burpee broad jump | 35% | 71% |
| Row | 58% | 71% |
| Farmers carry | 48% | 48% |
| Sandbag lunges | 28% | 47% |
| Wall balls | 41% | 67% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 42% | 55% |
| Runs (8 km) | 48% | 25% |
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.Marcel · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 40:22 running, 37:41 at the stations and 8:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:15).Below, Niek · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 44:22 running, 34:28 at the stations and 7:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:58).
See the numbers
| Part | Marcel · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men | Niek · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:04 | 5:03 |
| SkiErg | 4:32 | 4:36 |
| Run 2 | 4:55 | 5:20 |
| Sled push | 3:13 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 4:59 | 5:40 |
| Sled pull | 4:04 | 4:37 |
| Run 4 | 4:51 | 5:34 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:12 | 4:46 |
| Run 5 | 4:52 | 5:46 |
| Row | 4:41 | 4:35 |
| Run 6 | 4:56 | 5:38 |
| Farmers carry | 2:03 | 2:03 |
| Run 7 | 5:00 | 5:31 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:41 | 4:56 |
| Run 8 | 5:45 | 5:50 |
| Wall balls | 7:15 | 5:58 |
| Roxzone | 8:12 | 7:31 |
| Finish | 1:26:08 | 1:26:14 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Marcel | Niek | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heerenveen 2026 Open Men · 17 May 2026 | 1:26:08 | 1:26:14 | 0:06 · Marcel faster |
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