Athlete · Open Men · 25-29 ·

GER

Julian Merkel

5 HYROX results (2 solo, 3 in a team) over 2 seasons. Personal bests: Open Men 1:29:42 (Cologne 2026) · Pro Men 1:45:12 (Karlsruhe 2025) · Doubles Mixed 1:29:52 (Cologne 2025).

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1:29:42 Open Men time · Cologne 2026 also raced Pro Men, Doubles Mixed: each has its own best below

828th of 1,452 Open Men place · Cologne 2026 among Open Men finishers there

1:29:42 latest race · Cologne 2026 first Open Men race Open Men

Sled push strongest segment · Cologne 2026 faster than 81% of the Open Men field on it

1 · Tap any raceEach row below opens that race's report: every split against the field, where the time went, where it can come back.

2 · Read the station profileFurther down: the shape of the race, the strongest and weakest segments, and the race as one bar against the typical finisher.

3 · Turn it into trainingEvery weak station links to its workouts on RoxHype; the app writes the eight weeks from these exact splits.

Personal bests

One best per race type

solo, doubles and relay times are different races, so each has its own best

Open Men1:29:42Cologne 2026 · 1 race Pro Men1:45:12Karlsruhe 2025 · 1 race Doubles Mixed1:29:52Cologne 2025 · 3 races · with Sophie Merkel

Doubles Mixed: finish time, race by race

oldest to newest · a line going down means getting faster

1:30:001:32:001:34:001:36:001:38:00 best 1:29:52 best 1:29:52 · Cologne

Each dot is one Doubles Mixed race. Not enough complete, clean Doubles Mixed races yet to measure the change. Team times are shared with a partner, so they move with who you race with.

Every race

5 results

tap a race for its full report

Race	Division	Time	Place	Runs	Stations	Roxzone
Cologne 2026 16 Apr 2026what the whole field did →	Open Men · 25-29	1:29:42	828th of 1,452	47:36	36:25	5:44	splits SkiErg4:33Sled push2:45Sled pull4:48Burpee broad jump5:32Row5:07Farmers carry2:07Sandbag lunges4:40Wall balls6:53Run 14:07Run 25:21Run 36:38Run 46:25Run 56:36Run 66:14Run 76:37Run 85:42Full report for this race →
Cologne 2025 10 Apr 2025team: Julian Merkel, Sophie Merkelwhat the whole field did →	Doubles Mixed · team U29	1:29:52	1131st of 1,397	56:52	27:05	5:55	splits SkiErg3:29Sled push1:46Sled pull3:14Burpee broad jump3:45Row4:48Farmers carry1:55Sandbag lunges3:52Wall balls4:16Run 17:16Run 26:37Run 37:02Run 46:59Run 56:58Run 66:55Run 77:00Run 88:05Full report for this race →
Karlsruhe 2025 1 Mar 2025team: Julian Merkel, Sophie Merkelwhat the whole field did →	Doubles Mixed · team U29	1:39:20	644th of 726	1:01:02	32:06	6:16	splits SkiErg4:38Sled push1:31Sled pull4:07Burpee broad jump4:18Row5:07Farmers carry1:37Sandbag lunges5:59Wall balls4:49Run 15:14Run 27:06Run 37:37Run 47:39Run 57:48Run 68:03Run 78:26Run 89:13Full report for this race →
Karlsruhe 2025 1 Mar 2025what the whole field did →	Pro Men · 25-29	1:45:12	165th of 184	53:48	45:41	5:47	splits SkiErg4:26Sled push3:16Sled pull9:41Burpee broad jump4:52Row4:50Farmers carry3:11Sandbag lunges6:06Wall balls9:19Run 13:53Run 26:03Run 37:07Run 46:40Run 57:07Run 67:19Run 77:25Run 88:17Full report for this race →
Stuttgart 2024 28 Sept 2024team: Julian Merkel, Sophie Merkelwhat the whole field did →	Doubles Mixed · team U29	1:35:42	334th of 390	58:20	30:21	7:05	splits SkiErg4:24Sled push1:29Sled pull4:21Burpee broad jump3:38Row4:57Farmers carry2:11Sandbag lunges4:54Wall balls4:27Run 17:20Run 26:40Run 36:58Run 47:04Run 57:03Run 67:23Run 77:40Run 88:16Full report for this race →

Place is the position among timed finishers in the same race, division and gender; a doubles place is the team's. Runs is the organiser's official run total (it can differ from the eight laps added up by a few seconds), stations the eight stations added up, and roxzone the time moving between them. The age group is the one entered for that race; for a team it is the team’s age group. How the numbers are made.

Station profile · best Open Men race

Cologne 2026, against 1,452 Open Men

Full race report →

Shape of the race

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns

Julianedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

Each spoke is one segment (roxzone is the time moving between stations). The further out, the bigger the share of the field beaten on it. A round shape is an even race; a dent is a weak station.

How you ranked on each segment

SkiErg faster than 41%

Sled push faster than 81%

Sled pull faster than 37%

Burpee broad jump faster than 49%

Row faster than 30%

Farmers carry faster than 36%

Sandbag lunges faster than 66%

Wall balls faster than 56%

Roxzone faster than 69%

Runs (8 km) faster than 28%

Longer is better: the share of the field this segment beat.

Minutes against the typical finisher

SkiErg 0:04 slower

Sled push 0:29 faster

Sled pull 0:21 slower

Burpee broad jump 0:03 slower

Row 0:15 slower

Farmers carry 0:09 slower

Sandbag lunges 0:29 faster

Wall balls 0:28 faster

Roxzone 0:44 faster

Runs (8 km) 4:34 slower

Green, left of centre: faster than the typical Open Men finisher at this race. Orange, right: slower, and by how much.

The race as one bar: Julian against the typical Open Men finisher

Julian1:29:42

4:074:335:212:456:384:486:255:326:365:076:142:076:374:405:426:535:44

Typical Open Men1:26:08

4:084:295:103:145:324:275:345:295:454:525:321:585:365:095:247:216:28

RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

Left to right is the race in order: run 1, SkiErg, run 2, sled push, and so on. A block wider than the one below it is a slower segment than the typical finisher.

Sled pull cost 0:21 against the typical Open Men finisher at Cologne 2026. The sled pull guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.

The RoxHype app

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