Niels vs Jaco
NED · Open Men · 8 results Niels Vermaat
NED · Pro Men · 9 results Jaco van de Wijdeven
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Niels: Utrecht 2025, Open Men · Jaco: Ghent 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Niels and Jaco sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Niels: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 71%).Jaco: strongest on Runs (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 65%).
See the numbers
| Part | Niels: faster than | Jaco: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 97% | 88% |
| Push | 81% | 65% |
| Pull | 71% | 93% |
| BBJ | 91% | 94% |
| Row | 99% | 98% |
| Carry | 96% | 86% |
| Lunges | 93% | 87% |
| Wall balls | 96% | 68% |
| Roxzone | 98% | 96% |
| Runs | 94% | 99% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Niels | Jaco |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 97% | 88% |
| Sled push | 81% | 65% |
| Sled pull | 71% | 93% |
| Burpee broad jump | 91% | 94% |
| Row | 99% | 98% |
| Farmers carry | 96% | 86% |
| Sandbag lunges | 93% | 87% |
| Wall balls | 96% | 68% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 98% | 96% |
| Runs (8 km) | 94% | 99% |
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.Niels · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men: 35:01 running, 29:36 at the stations and 3:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (4:32).Below, Jaco · Ghent 2025 · Open Men: 28:40 running, 30:11 at the stations and 4:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Niels · Utrecht 2025 · Open Men | Jaco · Ghent 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:41 | 3:50 |
| SkiErg | 4:01 | 4:13 |
| Run 2 | 4:08 | 3:25 |
| Sled push | 3:05 | 2:51 |
| Run 3 | 4:18 | 3:29 |
| Sled pull | 4:32 | 3:44 |
| Run 4 | 4:12 | 3:35 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:58 | 3:40 |
| Run 5 | 4:29 | 3:30 |
| Row | 4:12 | 4:13 |
| Run 6 | 4:21 | 3:29 |
| Farmers carry | 1:35 | 1:39 |
| Run 7 | 4:19 | 3:42 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:43 | 3:47 |
| Run 8 | 5:33 | 3:41 |
| Wall balls | 4:30 | 6:04 |
| Roxzone | 3:35 | 4:44 |
| Finish | 1:08:04 | 1:03:28 |
Head to head: 3 races they both ran
| Race | Niels | Jaco | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastricht 2026 Pro Doubles Men · 17 Sep 2026 | 1:01:28 | 58:25 | 3:03 · Jaco faster |
| Amsterdam 2026 Pro Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:10:44 | 1:10:44 | level |
| Rotterdam 2025 Open Men · 27 Feb 2025 | 1:11:36 | 1:07:22 | 4:14 · Jaco faster |
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