Axel vs Paul
BEL · Open Men · 1 result Axel Hervelle
NED · Open Men · 2 results Paul van der Leij
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Axel: Maastricht 2025, Open Men · Paul: Maastricht 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Axel and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Axel: strongest on Row (faster than 49% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).Paul: strongest on Push (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Axel: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 20% | 50% |
| Push | 8% | 70% |
| Pull | 1% | 22% |
| BBJ | 29% | 44% |
| Row | 49% | 27% |
| Carry | 37% | 28% |
| Lunges | 1% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 12% | 17% |
| Roxzone | 37% | 11% |
| Runs | 29% | 11% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Axel | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 20% | 50% |
| Sled push | 8% | 70% |
| Sled pull | 1% | 22% |
| Burpee broad jump | 29% | 44% |
| Row | 49% | 27% |
| Farmers carry | 37% | 28% |
| Sandbag lunges | 1% | 9% |
| Wall balls | 12% | 17% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 37% | 11% |
| Runs (8 km) | 29% | 11% |
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.Axel · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 39:50 running, 49:21 at the stations and 7:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (11:02).Below, Paul · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 45:19 running, 40:04 at the stations and 10:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:41).
See the numbers
| Part | Axel · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men | Paul · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:22 | 8:01 |
| SkiErg | 4:43 | 4:26 |
| Run 2 | 4:59 | 5:22 |
| Sled push | 3:38 | 2:23 |
| Run 3 | 5:02 | 5:37 |
| Sled pull | 8:18 | 5:10 |
| Run 4 | 5:11 | 6:01 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:29 | 5:47 |
| Run 5 | — | — |
| Row | 4:46 | 5:01 |
| Run 6 | 5:17 | 5:59 |
| Farmers carry | 2:07 | 2:15 |
| Run 7 | 5:30 | 6:11 |
| Sandbag lunges | 11:02 | 7:21 |
| Run 8 | 6:30 | 8:07 |
| Wall balls | 8:18 | 7:41 |
| Roxzone | 7:43 | 10:26 |
| Finish | 1:43:21 | 1:43:38 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Axel | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastricht 2025 Open Men · 1 Feb 2025 | 1:43:21 | 1:43:38 | 0:17 · Axel faster |
Close the gap at your next race.
The RoxHype app is your training plan to race day: built from your splits, your kit and your race date, and adjusted every week.
- A week-by-week plan that counts down to your race
- Extra work on your slowest stations
- Adjusts every week to what you actually did
Free to download. Used by more than 40,000 HYROX athletes.
