Xander vs Robert

NED NED · Open Men · 2 results

Xander Smolders

56:17 best Open Men time · Amsterdam 2026
3rd of 2,802 place in that race · 2,802 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 29 results

Robert van Herk

54:43 best Open Men time · Poznań 2024
1st of 775 place in that race · 775 Open Men finishers

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

Xander: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men · Robert: Poznań 2024, Open Men

50% SkiPush
no split
PullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
XanderRobertedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Xander and Robert 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%).Robert: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 97%).

See the numbers
Part Xander: faster than Robert: faster than
Ski 99% 97%
Push 99% no split
Pull 99% 99%
BBJ 97% 99%
Row 99% 99%
Carry 99% 97%
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 Robert
SkiErg 99% 97%
Sled push 99% —
Sled pull 99% 99%
Burpee broad jump 97% 99%
Row 99% 99%
Farmers carry 99% 97%
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
Robert · Poznań 2024 · Open Men54:43
3:513:593:213:262:173:322:443:364:103:311:303:342:313:563:393:58
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, Robert · Poznań 2024 · Open Men: 28:47 running, 20:50 at the stations and 3:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:10).

See the numbers
Part Xander · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men Robert · Poznań 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 2:47 3:51
SkiErg 3:53 3:59
Run 2 3:26 3:21
Sled push 1:48 —
Run 3 3:38 3:26
Sled pull 3:01 2:17
Run 4 3:42 3:32
Burpee broad jump 3:20 2:44
Run 5 3:40 3:36
Row 4:07 4:10
Run 6 3:31 3:31
Farmers carry 1:19 1:30
Run 7 3:40 3:34
Sandbag lunges 3:02 2:31
Run 8 3:56 3:56
Wall balls 3:39 3:39
Roxzone 3:54 3:58
Finish 56:17 54:43

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Xander Robert Gap
Amsterdam 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 56:17 54:55 1:22 · Robert faster
The RoxHype app

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.

RoxHype app home: days to your HYROX, your expected finish range and this week's sessions RoxHype workout player guiding a sled push, with the next exercise lined up