Paul vs Robert
Paul Scharfe
Robert van der Zanden
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Paul: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Robert: Heerenveen 2025, Open Men
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%).
See the numbers
| 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
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).
See the numbers
| 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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