Gordon vs Merlin
GER · Open Men · 2 results Gordon Schwarz
GER · Open Men · 2 results Merlin Bittlinger
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Gordon: Cologne 2025, Open Men · Merlin: Cologne 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Gordon and Merlin sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gordon: strongest on Carry (faster than 28% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 1%).Merlin: strongest on Row (faster than 51% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Gordon: faster than | Merlin: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 6% | 23% |
| Push | 5% | 21% |
| Pull | 1% | 13% |
| BBJ | 5% | 39% |
| Row | 3% | 51% |
| Carry | 28% | 7% |
| Lunges | 15% | 19% |
| Wall balls | 1% | 1% |
| Roxzone | 17% | 1% |
| Runs | 10% | 15% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Gordon | Merlin |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 6% | 23% |
| Sled push | 5% | 21% |
| Sled pull | 1% | 13% |
| Burpee broad jump | 5% | 39% |
| Row | 3% | 51% |
| Farmers carry | 28% | 7% |
| Sandbag lunges | 15% | 19% |
| Wall balls | 1% | 1% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 17% | 1% |
| Runs (8 km) | 10% | 15% |
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.Gordon · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 52:06 running, 59:41 at the stations and 10:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (17:42).Below, Merlin · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 49:02 running, 51:45 at the stations and 20:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (17:48).
See the numbers
| Part | Gordon · Cologne 2025 · Open Men | Merlin · Cologne 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:22 | 5:14 |
| SkiErg | 5:01 | 4:38 |
| Run 2 | 5:05 | 5:18 |
| Sled push | 4:14 | 3:24 |
| Run 3 | 7:41 | 5:52 |
| Sled pull | 8:17 | 5:45 |
| Run 4 | 6:23 | 6:08 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:34 | 5:54 |
| Run 5 | 6:44 | 6:08 |
| Row | 5:43 | 4:45 |
| Run 6 | 6:03 | 5:57 |
| Farmers carry | 2:21 | 3:01 |
| Run 7 | 5:53 | 5:45 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:49 | 6:30 |
| Run 8 | 8:56 | 8:40 |
| Wall balls | 17:42 | 17:48 |
| Roxzone | 10:15 | 20:46 |
| Finish | 2:02:03 | 2:01:33 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Gordon | Merlin | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne 2025 Open Men · 10 Apr 2025 | 2:02:03 | 2:01:33 | 0:30 · Merlin faster |
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