Xander vs Niels

NED NED · Open Men · 2 results

Xander Smolders

1:05:44 best Pro Men time · Amsterdam 2024
25th of 324 place in that race · 324 Pro Men finishers
NED NED · Pro Men · 16 results

Niels Post

1:01:54 best Pro Men time · Málaga 2026
29th of 460 place in that race · 460 Pro Men finishers

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

Xander: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men · Niels: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Xander and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Xander: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 97%).Niels: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 98%).

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Part Xander: faster than Niels: faster than
Ski 99% 99%
Push 99% 99%
Pull 99% 99%
BBJ 97% 98%
Row 99% 99%
Carry 99% 98%
Lunges 99% 99%
Wall balls 99% 99%
Roxzone 99% 99%
Runs 99% 99%

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

Part by part

Part Xander Niels
SkiErg 99% 99%
Sled push 99% 99%
Sled pull 99% 99%
Burpee broad jump 97% 98%
Row 99% 99%
Farmers carry 99% 98%
Sandbag lunges 99% 99%
Wall balls 99% 99%
Roxzone (moving) 99% 99%
Runs (8 km) 99% 99%

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

Xander · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men56:17
2:473:533:261:483:383:013:423:203:404:073:311:193:403:023:563:393:54
Niels · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men56:18
2:493:533:312:003:432:573:463:093:493:593:441:213:422:334:013:274:02
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.Xander · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 28:20 running, 24:09 at the stations and 3:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:07).Below, Niels · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 29:06 running, 23:19 at the stations and 4:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (3:59).

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Part Xander · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men Niels · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:47 2:49
SkiErg 3:53 3:53
Run 2 3:26 3:31
Sled push 1:48 2:00
Run 3 3:38 3:43
Sled pull 3:01 2:57
Run 4 3:42 3:46
Burpee broad jump 3:20 3:09
Run 5 3:40 3:49
Row 4:07 3:59
Run 6 3:31 3:44
Farmers carry 1:19 1:21
Run 7 3:40 3:42
Sandbag lunges 3:02 2:33
Run 8 3:56 4:01
Wall balls 3:39 3:27
Roxzone 3:54 4:02
Finish 56:17 56:18

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Xander Niels Gap
Amsterdam 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 56:17 56:18 0:01 · Xander faster
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