Thomas vs Niels

BEL BEL · Open Men · 1 result

Thomas Piette

1:59:07 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2026
2587th of 2,671 place in that race · 2,671 Open Men finishers
BEL BEL · Open Men · 2 results

Niels Polfliet

1:59:13 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2026
2589th of 2,671 place in that race · 2,671 Open Men finishers

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

Thomas: Mechelen 2026, Open Men · Niels: Mechelen 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Thomas and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on BBJ (faster than 12% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).Niels: strongest on Lunges (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).

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Part Thomas: faster than Niels: faster than
Ski 1% 10%
Push 10% 31%
Pull 5% 24%
BBJ 12% 3%
Row 3% 6%
Carry 8% 24%
Lunges 4% 92%
Wall balls 4% 6%
Roxzone 4% 1%
Runs 4% 3%

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

Part by part

Part Thomas Niels
SkiErg 1% 10%
Sled push 10% 31%
Sled pull 5% 24%
Burpee broad jump 12% 3%
Row 3% 6%
Farmers carry 8% 24%
Sandbag lunges 4% 92%
Wall balls 4% 6%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 1%
Runs (8 km) 4% 3%

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

Thomas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men1:59:07
4:055:225:313:336:296:326:387:537:255:556:373:026:398:238:3113:1513:25
Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men1:59:13
4:504:546:032:576:235:046:4210:287:225:336:392:276:443:369:3812:2217:38
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.Thomas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 51:55 running, 53:55 at the stations and 13:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:15).Below, Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 54:20 running, 47:22 at the stations and 17:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:22).

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Part Thomas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men Niels · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:05 4:50
SkiErg 5:22 4:54
Run 2 5:31 6:03
Sled push 3:33 2:57
Run 3 6:29 6:23
Sled pull 6:32 5:04
Run 4 6:38 6:42
Burpee broad jump 7:53 10:28
Run 5 7:25 7:22
Row 5:55 5:33
Run 6 6:37 6:39
Farmers carry 3:02 2:27
Run 7 6:39 6:44
Sandbag lunges 8:23 3:36
Run 8 8:31 9:38
Wall balls 13:15 12:22
Roxzone 13:25 17:38
Finish 1:59:07 1:59:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Thomas Niels Gap
Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 1:59:07 1:59:13 0:06 · Thomas faster
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