Simon vs Maximilan

GER GER · Open Men · 5 results

Simon Balster

1:13:44 best Open Men time · Berlin 2025
813th of 2,599 place in that race · 2,599 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Maximilan Liersch

1:17:33 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
372nd of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Berlin 2025, Open Men · Maximilan: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Maximilan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Runs (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 37%).Maximilan: strongest on Lunges (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 27%).

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Part Simon: faster than Maximilan: faster than
Ski 63% 59%
Push 75% 27%
Pull 67% 54%
BBJ 70% 71%
Row 72% 84%
Carry 60% 72%
Lunges 57% 85%
Wall balls 37% 76%
Roxzone 59% 66%
Runs 76% 75%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Maximilan
SkiErg 63% 59%
Sled push 75% 27%
Sled pull 67% 54%
Burpee broad jump 70% 71%
Row 72% 84%
Farmers carry 60% 72%
Sandbag lunges 57% 85%
Wall balls 37% 76%
Roxzone (moving) 59% 66%
Runs (8 km) 76% 75%

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

Simon · Berlin 2025 · Open Men1:13:44
3:244:183:542:304:003:554:034:354:034:294:001:554:024:485:106:438:04
Maximilan · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:17:33
4:054:254:463:404:494:225:004:454:574:344:581:455:124:024:375:525:51
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.Simon · Berlin 2025 · Open Men: 32:36 running, 33:13 at the stations and 8:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:43).Below, Maximilan · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 38:25 running, 33:26 at the stations and 5:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:52).

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Part Simon · Berlin 2025 · Open Men Maximilan · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:24 4:05
SkiErg 4:18 4:25
Run 2 3:54 4:46
Sled push 2:30 3:40
Run 3 4:00 4:49
Sled pull 3:55 4:22
Run 4 4:03 5:00
Burpee broad jump 4:35 4:45
Run 5 4:03 4:57
Row 4:29 4:34
Run 6 4:00 4:58
Farmers carry 1:55 1:45
Run 7 4:02 5:12
Sandbag lunges 4:48 4:02
Run 8 5:10 4:37
Wall balls 6:43 5:52
Roxzone 8:04 5:51
Finish 1:13:44 1:17:33

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Maximilan Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:17:32 1:17:33 0:01 · Simon faster
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