Simon vs Daniel

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

Daniel Kossmann

1:17:30 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
369th 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 · Daniel: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Daniel 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%).Daniel: strongest on Push (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 47%).

See the numbers
Part Simon: faster than Daniel: faster than
Ski 63% 70%
Push 75% 84%
Pull 67% 71%
BBJ 70% 78%
Row 72% 71%
Carry 60% 47%
Lunges 57% 80%
Wall balls 37% 57%
Roxzone 59% 63%
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 Daniel
SkiErg 63% 70%
Sled push 75% 84%
Sled pull 67% 71%
Burpee broad jump 70% 78%
Row 72% 71%
Farmers carry 60% 47%
Sandbag lunges 57% 80%
Wall balls 37% 57%
Roxzone (moving) 59% 63%
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
Daniel · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:17:30
3:434:204:392:425:043:585:004:315:214:415:112:004:554:124:326:506:00
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, Daniel · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 38:25 running, 33:14 at the stations and 6:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:50).

See the numbers
Part Simon · Berlin 2025 · Open Men Daniel · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:24 3:43
SkiErg 4:18 4:20
Run 2 3:54 4:39
Sled push 2:30 2:42
Run 3 4:00 5:04
Sled pull 3:55 3:58
Run 4 4:03 5:00
Burpee broad jump 4:35 4:31
Run 5 4:03 5:21
Row 4:29 4:41
Run 6 4:00 5:11
Farmers carry 1:55 2:00
Run 7 4:02 4:55
Sandbag lunges 4:48 4:12
Run 8 5:10 4:32
Wall balls 6:43 6:50
Roxzone 8:04 6:00
Finish 1:13:44 1:17:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Daniel Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:17:32 1:17:30 0:02 · Daniel faster
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