Walter vs Niels

NED NED · Open Men · 2 results

Walter Hermans

1:45:45 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2026
2332nd of 2,721 place in that race · 2,721 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 2 results

Niels van Munster

1:45:47 best Open Men time · Rotterdam 2026
2333rd of 2,721 place in that race · 2,721 Open Men finishers

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

Walter: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men · Niels: Rotterdam 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Walter and Niels sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Walter: strongest on Lunges (faster than 50% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 4%).Niels: strongest on Pull (faster than 34% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 5%).

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Part Walter: faster than Niels: faster than
Ski 4% 24%
Push 29% 20%
Pull 20% 34%
BBJ 25% 7%
Row 17% 25%
Carry 23% 5%
Lunges 50% 10%
Wall balls 25% 11%
Roxzone 25% 34%
Runs 8% 17%

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

Part by part

Part Walter Niels
SkiErg 4% 24%
Sled push 29% 20%
Sled pull 20% 34%
Burpee broad jump 25% 7%
Row 17% 25%
Farmers carry 23% 5%
Sandbag lunges 50% 10%
Wall balls 25% 11%
Roxzone (moving) 25% 34%
Runs (8 km) 8% 17%

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

Walter · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men1:45:45
6:185:306:153:056:425:296:566:566:485:186:542:376:535:127:339:068:21
Niels · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men1:45:47
5:435:005:333:195:444:585:539:015:585:096:193:196:157:357:1511:157:39
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.Walter · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 54:19 running, 43:13 at the stations and 8:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:06).Below, Niels · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men: 48:40 running, 49:37 at the stations and 7:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:15) and the shortest the sled push (3:19).

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Part Walter · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men Niels · Rotterdam 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:18 5:43
SkiErg 5:30 5:00
Run 2 6:15 5:33
Sled push 3:05 3:19
Run 3 6:42 5:44
Sled pull 5:29 4:58
Run 4 6:56 5:53
Burpee broad jump 6:56 9:01
Run 5 6:48 5:58
Row 5:18 5:09
Run 6 6:54 6:19
Farmers carry 2:37 3:19
Run 7 6:53 6:15
Sandbag lunges 5:12 7:35
Run 8 7:33 7:15
Wall balls 9:06 11:15
Roxzone 8:21 7:39
Finish 1:45:45 1:45:47

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Walter Niels Gap
Rotterdam 2026 Open Men · 15 Apr 2026 1:45:45 1:45:47 0:02 · Walter faster
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