Nick vs Paul
NED · Open Men · 9 results Nick Welters
NED · Open Men · 2 results Paul de Bakker
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nick: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Paul: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Nick and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nick: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 67%).Paul: strongest on BBJ (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nick: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 82% | 69% |
| Push | 88% | 1% |
| Pull | 67% | 32% |
| BBJ | 80% | 88% |
| Row | 78% | 35% |
| Carry | 78% | 2% |
| Lunges | 89% | 40% |
| Wall balls | 97% | 37% |
| Roxzone | 74% | 81% |
| Runs | 88% | 84% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nick | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 82% | 69% |
| Sled push | 88% | 1% |
| Sled pull | 67% | 32% |
| Burpee broad jump | 80% | 88% |
| Row | 78% | 35% |
| Farmers carry | 78% | 2% |
| Sandbag lunges | 89% | 40% |
| Wall balls | 97% | 37% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 74% | 81% |
| Runs (8 km) | 88% | 84% |
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.Nick · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 32:19 running, 29:44 at the stations and 8:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (4:34).Below, Paul · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 34:19 running, 38:54 at the stations and 6:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:30).
See the numbers
| Part | Nick · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men | Paul · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:17 | 3:48 |
| SkiErg | 4:12 | 4:19 |
| Run 2 | 3:34 | 3:58 |
| Sled push | 2:02 | 4:54 |
| Run 3 | 3:53 | 4:30 |
| Sled pull | 4:34 | 4:35 |
| Run 4 | 3:47 | 4:20 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:32 | 4:05 |
| Run 5 | 3:52 | 4:39 |
| Row | 4:33 | 4:55 |
| Run 6 | 3:51 | 4:16 |
| Farmers carry | 1:50 | 3:26 |
| Run 7 | 3:55 | 4:07 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:00 | 5:10 |
| Run 8 | 4:10 | 4:40 |
| Wall balls | 4:01 | 7:30 |
| Roxzone | 8:30 | 6:23 |
| Finish | 1:10:33 | 1:19:26 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nick | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heerenveen 2026 Open Men · 17 May 2026 | 1:19:24 | 1:19:26 | 0:02 · Nick faster |
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