Nick vs Theo

NED NED · Open Men · 9 results

Nick Welters

1:10:33 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2025
191st of 1,638 place in that race · 1,638 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 2 results

Theo Zijlstra

1:19:24 best Open Men time · Heerenveen 2026
657th of 1,771 place in that race · 1,771 Open Men finishers

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

Nick: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Theo: Heerenveen 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nick and Theo 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%).Theo: strongest on Runs (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 10%).

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Part Nick: faster than Theo: faster than
Ski 82% 84%
Push 88% 20%
Pull 67% 31%
BBJ 80% 59%
Row 78% 62%
Carry 78% 61%
Lunges 89% 68%
Wall balls 97% 10%
Roxzone 74% 66%
Runs 88% 89%

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

Part by part

Part Nick Theo
SkiErg 82% 84%
Sled push 88% 20%
Sled pull 67% 31%
Burpee broad jump 80% 59%
Row 78% 62%
Farmers carry 78% 61%
Sandbag lunges 89% 68%
Wall balls 97% 10%
Roxzone (moving) 74% 66%
Runs (8 km) 88% 89%

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

Nick · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men1:10:33
5:174:123:342:023:534:343:474:323:524:333:511:503:554:004:104:018:30
Theo · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men1:19:24
3:484:123:533:164:184:384:105:124:144:394:141:564:144:214:2910:597:01
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.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, Theo · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men: 33:19 running, 39:13 at the stations and 7:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:59).

See the numbers
Part Nick · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men Theo · Heerenveen 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:17 3:48
SkiErg 4:12 4:12
Run 2 3:34 3:53
Sled push 2:02 3:16
Run 3 3:53 4:18
Sled pull 4:34 4:38
Run 4 3:47 4:10
Burpee broad jump 4:32 5:12
Run 5 3:52 4:14
Row 4:33 4:39
Run 6 3:51 4:14
Farmers carry 1:50 1:56
Run 7 3:55 4:14
Sandbag lunges 4:00 4:21
Run 8 4:10 4:29
Wall balls 4:01 10:59
Roxzone 8:30 7:01
Finish 1:10:33 1:19:24

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nick Theo Gap
Heerenveen 2026 Open Men · 17 May 2026 1:19:24 1:19:24 level
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