Thorsten vs Michael
Thorsten Gell
Michael Kist
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Thorsten: Karlsruhe 2025, Open Men · Michael: Karlsruhe 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Thorsten and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thorsten: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 16%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 30% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).
See the numbers
| Part | Thorsten: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 53% | 11% |
| Push | 95% | 23% |
| Pull | 94% | 26% |
| BBJ | 35% | 30% |
| Row | 20% | 24% |
| Carry | 83% | 22% |
| Lunges | 31% | 27% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 24% |
| Roxzone | 28% | 23% |
| Runs | 16% | 20% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Thorsten | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 53% | 11% |
| Sled push | 95% | 23% |
| Sled pull | 94% | 26% |
| Burpee broad jump | 35% | 30% |
| Row | 20% | 24% |
| Farmers carry | 83% | 22% |
| Sandbag lunges | 31% | 27% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 24% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 28% | 23% |
| Runs (8 km) | 16% | 20% |
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.Thorsten · Karlsruhe 2025 · Open Men: 54:38 running, 34:39 at the stations and 7:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:21).Below, Michael · Karlsruhe 2025 · Open Men: 52:41 running, 41:58 at the stations and 7:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:54).
See the numbers
| Part | Thorsten · Karlsruhe 2025 · Open Men | Michael · Karlsruhe 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:34 | 4:16 |
| SkiErg | 4:25 | 4:53 |
| Run 2 | 6:12 | 6:18 |
| Sled push | 2:05 | 3:15 |
| Run 3 | 6:42 | 7:01 |
| Sled pull | 3:35 | 5:56 |
| Run 4 | 6:57 | 6:53 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:21 | 6:34 |
| Run 5 | 7:28 | 6:56 |
| Row | 5:09 | 5:05 |
| Run 6 | 7:05 | 6:44 |
| Farmers carry | 1:39 | 2:23 |
| Run 7 | 7:31 | 6:40 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:45 | 5:58 |
| Run 8 | 8:09 | 7:53 |
| Wall balls | 5:40 | 7:54 |
| Roxzone | 7:23 | 7:52 |
| Finish | 1:36:31 | 1:42:23 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Thorsten | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karlsruhe 2026 Pro Men · 1 Oct 2026 | 2:03:25 | 2:04:40 | 1:15 · Thorsten faster |
| Karlsruhe 2025 Open Men · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:36:31 | 1:42:23 | 5:52 · Thorsten faster |
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