Michel vs Niels
NED · Open Men · 7 results Michel van Hoeij
NED · Open Men · 3 results Niels van der Veen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michel: Maastricht 2025, Open Men · Niels: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Michel and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michel: strongest on Pull (faster than 16% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 1%).Niels: strongest on Carry (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 15%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michel: faster than | Niels: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 2% | 26% |
| Push | 1% | 36% |
| Pull | 16% | 19% |
| BBJ | 11% | 25% |
| Row | 8% | 40% |
| Carry | 11% | 47% |
| Lunges | 15% | 15% |
| Wall balls | 12% | 23% |
| Roxzone | 8% | 39% |
| Runs | 7% | 24% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michel | Niels |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 2% | 26% |
| Sled push | 1% | 36% |
| Sled pull | 16% | 19% |
| Burpee broad jump | 11% | 25% |
| Row | 8% | 40% |
| Farmers carry | 11% | 47% |
| Sandbag lunges | 15% | 15% |
| Wall balls | 12% | 23% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 8% | 39% |
| Runs (8 km) | 7% | 24% |
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.Michel · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 46:59 running, 46:20 at the stations and 10:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:16).Below, Niels · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 45:22 running, 42:46 at the stations and 7:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:55).
See the numbers
| Part | Michel · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men | Niels · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 8:28 | 4:31 |
| SkiErg | 5:15 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 5:58 | 5:28 |
| Sled push | 4:36 | 3:11 |
| Run 3 | 6:14 | 5:37 |
| Sled pull | 5:27 | 5:46 |
| Run 4 | 6:25 | 5:34 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:03 | 6:32 |
| Run 5 | — | 6:09 |
| Row | 5:24 | 4:50 |
| Run 6 | 6:20 | 5:39 |
| Farmers carry | 2:38 | 2:03 |
| Run 7 | 6:45 | 5:48 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:41 | 6:50 |
| Run 8 | 6:49 | 6:35 |
| Wall balls | 8:16 | 8:55 |
| Roxzone | 10:59 | 7:14 |
| Finish | 1:52:45 | 1:35:14 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michel | Niels | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maastricht 2025 Open Men · 1 Feb 2025 | 1:52:45 | 1:52:29 | 0:16 · Niels faster |
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