Niels vs Roel

NED NED · Open Men · 17 results

Niels Goedbloed

1:16:21 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
388th of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 6 results

Roel Vaes

1:17:09 best Open Men time · Maastricht 2025
410th of 1,476 place in that race · 1,476 Open Men finishers

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

Niels: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Roel: Maastricht 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
NielsRoeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

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%).

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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

Niels · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:16:21
5:344:163:512:474:084:154:104:274:104:404:162:504:184:204:385:138:28
Roel · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men1:17:09
6:094:124:232:364:343:544:305:034:274:331:474:454:424:435:465:49
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.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).

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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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