Michael vs Niek
NED · Pro Men · 5 results Michael Westerbos
NED · Open Men · 7 results Niek Borst
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Utrecht 2025, Open Men · Niek: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Niek sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 83%).Niek: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 74%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Niek: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 99% | 86% |
| Push | 96% | 74% |
| Pull | 98% | 97% |
| BBJ | 95% | 95% |
| Row | 99% | 90% |
| Carry | 83% | 77% |
| Lunges | 88% | 91% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 97% |
| Roxzone | 99% | 99% |
| Runs | 98% | 98% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Niek |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 99% | 86% |
| Sled push | 96% | 74% |
| Sled pull | 98% | 97% |
| Burpee broad jump | 95% | 95% |
| Row | 99% | 90% |
| Farmers carry | 83% | 77% |
| Sandbag lunges | 88% | 91% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 97% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 99% | 99% |
| Runs (8 km) | 98% | 98% |
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.Michael · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men: 33:08 running, 28:17 at the stations and 3:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:39).Below, Niek · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 30:38 running, 27:46 at the stations and 4:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:23).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men | Niek · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:45 | 2:50 |
| SkiErg | 3:58 | 4:10 |
| Run 2 | 4:02 | 3:40 |
| Sled push | 2:35 | 2:39 |
| Run 3 | 4:20 | 3:51 |
| Sled pull | 3:24 | 3:19 |
| Run 4 | 4:16 | 3:51 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:45 | 3:30 |
| Run 5 | 4:26 | 4:00 |
| Row | 4:07 | 4:23 |
| Run 6 | 4:30 | 3:56 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 1:45 |
| Run 7 | 4:22 | 4:02 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:57 | 3:46 |
| Run 8 | 3:27 | 4:28 |
| Wall balls | 4:39 | 4:14 |
| Roxzone | 3:23 | 4:25 |
| Finish | 1:04:41 | 1:02:40 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Michael | Niek | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam 2026 Pro Men · 15 Apr 2026 | 1:08:02 | 1:08:17 | 0:15 · Michael faster |
| Utrecht 2025 Open Men · 28 Nov 2025 | 1:04:41 | 1:04:59 | 0:18 · Michael faster |
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