Niels vs Roel
Niels Goedbloed
Roel Vaes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Niels: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Roel: Maastricht 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Niels and Roel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Niels: strongest on BBJ (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 17%).Roel: strongest on Row (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 53%).
See the numbers
| Part | Niels: faster than | Roel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 74% | 80% |
| Push | 34% | 53% |
| Pull | 76% | 70% |
| BBJ | 82% | 62% |
| Row | 66% | 83% |
| Carry | 17% | 69% |
| Lunges | 80% | 58% |
| Wall balls | 74% | 53% |
| Roxzone | 74% | 78% |
| Runs | 74% | 71% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Niels | Roel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 74% | 80% |
| Sled push | 34% | 53% |
| Sled pull | 76% | 70% |
| Burpee broad jump | 82% | 62% |
| Row | 66% | 83% |
| Farmers carry | 17% | 69% |
| Sandbag lunges | 80% | 58% |
| Wall balls | 74% | 53% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 74% | 78% |
| Runs (8 km) | 74% | 71% |
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.Niels · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 35:05 running, 32:48 at the stations and 8:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:13) and the shortest the sled push (2:47).Below, Roel · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 33:37 running, 32:27 at the stations and 5:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:46).
See the numbers
| Part | Niels · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men | Roel · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:34 | 6:09 |
| SkiErg | 4:16 | 4:12 |
| Run 2 | 3:51 | 4:23 |
| Sled push | 2:47 | 2:36 |
| Run 3 | 4:08 | 4:34 |
| Sled pull | 4:15 | 3:54 |
| Run 4 | 4:10 | 4:30 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:27 | 5:03 |
| Run 5 | 4:10 | — |
| Row | 4:40 | 4:27 |
| Run 6 | 4:16 | 4:33 |
| Farmers carry | 2:50 | 1:47 |
| Run 7 | 4:18 | 4:45 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:20 | 4:42 |
| Run 8 | 4:38 | 4:43 |
| Wall balls | 5:13 | 5:46 |
| Roxzone | 8:28 | 5:49 |
| Finish | 1:16:21 | 1:17:09 |
Head to head: 3 races they both ran
| Race | Niels | Roel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastricht 2026 Open Men · 17 Sep 2026 | 1:22:51 | 1:22:50 | 0:01 · Roel faster |
| Maastricht 2025 Doubles Men · 19 Sep 2025 | 1:07:03 | 1:14:23 | 7:20 · Niels faster |
| Maastricht 2025 Open Men · 1 Feb 2025 | 1:19:31 | 1:17:09 | 2:22 · Roel faster |
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