Freek vs Richard
NED · Open Men · 2 results Freek van den Brand
NED · Open Men · 9 results Richard Knol
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Freek: Ghent 2025, Open Men · Richard: Mechelen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Freek and Richard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Freek: strongest on Push (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 18%).Richard: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 28%).
See the numbers
| Part | Freek: faster than | Richard: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 27% | 36% |
| Push | 86% | 28% |
| Pull | 39% | 81% |
| BBJ | 81% | 43% |
| Row | 18% | 56% |
| Carry | 36% | 72% |
| Lunges | 48% | 58% |
| Wall balls | 83% | 30% |
| Roxzone | 55% | 88% |
| Runs | 40% | 82% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Freek | Richard |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 27% | 36% |
| Sled push | 86% | 28% |
| Sled pull | 39% | 81% |
| Burpee broad jump | 81% | 43% |
| Row | 18% | 56% |
| Farmers carry | 36% | 72% |
| Sandbag lunges | 48% | 58% |
| Wall balls | 83% | 30% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 55% | 88% |
| Runs (8 km) | 40% | 82% |
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.Freek · Ghent 2025 · Open Men: 41:43 running, 34:25 at the stations and 6:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:19).Below, Richard · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 33:22 running, 36:20 at the stations and 6:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:02).
See the numbers
| Part | Freek · Ghent 2025 · Open Men | Richard · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:13 | 3:20 |
| SkiErg | 4:42 | 4:34 |
| Run 2 | 4:45 | 4:05 |
| Sled push | 2:31 | 3:00 |
| Run 3 | 4:58 | 4:17 |
| Sled pull | 5:18 | 3:41 |
| Run 4 | 5:03 | 4:11 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:18 | 5:49 |
| Run 5 | 5:00 | 4:16 |
| Row | 5:08 | 4:41 |
| Run 6 | 6:55 | 4:17 |
| Farmers carry | 2:10 | 1:50 |
| Run 7 | 4:46 | 4:13 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:58 | 4:44 |
| Run 8 | 5:02 | 4:43 |
| Wall balls | 5:19 | 8:02 |
| Roxzone | 6:33 | 6:13 |
| Finish | 1:22:29 | 1:15:46 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Freek | Richard | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghent 2025 Open Men · 12 Dec 2025 | 1:22:29 | 1:22:27 | 0:02 · Richard faster |
| Heerenveen 2025 Open Men · 10 May 2025 | 1:25:26 | 1:19:30 | 5:56 · Richard faster |
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