Paul vs Robert

LUX LUX · Open Men · 7 results

Paul Scharfe

1:06:45 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
89th of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 20 results

Robert van der Zanden

1:03:39 best Open Men time · Heerenveen 2025
23rd of 1,541 place in that race · 1,541 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Robert: Heerenveen 2025, Open Men

50% SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
PaulRobertedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Paul and Robert sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 86%).Robert: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 81%).

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Part Paul: faster than Robert: faster than
Ski 99% 93%
Push 86% 92%
Pull 97% 81%
BBJ 97% 81%
Row 94% 94%
Carry 97% 96%
Lunges 90% 91%
Wall balls 96% 99%
Roxzone 90% 98%
Runs 87% 98%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Robert
SkiErg 99% 93%
Sled push 86% 92%
Sled pull 97% 81%
Burpee broad jump 97% 81%
Row 94% 94%
Farmers carry 97% 96%
Sandbag lunges 90% 91%
Wall balls 96% 99%
Roxzone (moving) 90% 98%
Runs (8 km) 87% 98%

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

Paul · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:06:45
5:273:573:382:043:463:193:473:313:594:203:541:293:533:574:144:077:23
Robert · Heerenveen 2025 · Open Men1:03:39
3:294:033:312:103:494:003:474:363:504:213:521:293:513:494:063:315:33
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.Paul · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 32:37 running, 26:44 at the stations and 7:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:20).Below, Robert · Heerenveen 2025 · Open Men: 30:15 running, 27:59 at the stations and 5:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:36).

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Part Paul · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men Robert · Heerenveen 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:27 3:29
SkiErg 3:57 4:03
Run 2 3:38 3:31
Sled push 2:04 2:10
Run 3 3:46 3:49
Sled pull 3:19 4:00
Run 4 3:47 3:47
Burpee broad jump 3:31 4:36
Run 5 3:59 3:50
Row 4:20 4:21
Run 6 3:54 3:52
Farmers carry 1:29 1:29
Run 7 3:53 3:51
Sandbag lunges 3:57 3:49
Run 8 4:14 4:06
Wall balls 4:07 3:31
Roxzone 7:23 5:33
Finish 1:06:45 1:03:39

Head to head: 4 races they both ran

Race Paul Robert Gap
Mechelen 2026 Pro Doubles Men · 27 Mar 2026 1:04:29 58:27 6:02 · Robert faster
Mechelen 2025 Open Men · 4 Apr 2025 1:06:45 1:06:44 0:01 · Robert faster
Frankfurt 2024 Open Men · 14 Dec 2024 1:09:48 1:09:11 0:37 · Robert faster
Amsterdam 2024 Open Men · 10 Oct 2024 1:12:41 1:07:11 5:30 · Robert faster
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