Thomas vs Rafael

GER GER · Open Men · 6 results

Thomas Bach

1:19:34 best Open Men time · Cologne 2025
631st of 1,840 place in that race · 1,840 Open Men finishers
SUI SUI · Open Men · 2 results

Rafael Müller

1:25:13 best Open Men time · Karlsruhe 2026
700th of 1,725 place in that race · 1,725 Open Men finishers

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

Thomas: Cologne 2025, Open Men · Rafael: Karlsruhe 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
ThomasRafaeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Thomas and Rafael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on Ski (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 41%).Rafael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 24%).

See the numbers
Part Thomas: faster than Rafael: faster than
Ski 86% 24%
Push 41% 72%
Pull 80% 42%
BBJ 64% 62%
Row 68% 43%
Carry 80% 62%
Lunges 60% 44%
Wall balls 50% 82%
Roxzone 75% 24%
Runs 59% 62%

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

Part by part

Part Thomas Rafael
SkiErg 86% 24%
Sled push 41% 72%
Sled pull 80% 42%
Burpee broad jump 64% 62%
Row 68% 43%
Farmers carry 80% 62%
Sandbag lunges 60% 44%
Wall balls 50% 82%
Roxzone (moving) 75% 24%
Runs (8 km) 59% 62%

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

Thomas · Cologne 2025 · Open Men1:19:34
4:234:084:283:005:003:474:544:504:494:365:031:465:084:466:167:015:39
Rafael · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men1:25:13
3:394:425:182:515:305:015:355:235:385:005:422:055:305:374:495:437:18
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.Thomas · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 40:01 running, 33:54 at the stations and 5:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:01).Below, Rafael · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men: 41:41 running, 36:22 at the stations and 7:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:43).

See the numbers
Part Thomas · Cologne 2025 · Open Men Rafael · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:23 3:39
SkiErg 4:08 4:42
Run 2 4:28 5:18
Sled push 3:00 2:51
Run 3 5:00 5:30
Sled pull 3:47 5:01
Run 4 4:54 5:35
Burpee broad jump 4:50 5:23
Run 5 4:49 5:38
Row 4:36 5:00
Run 6 5:03 5:42
Farmers carry 1:46 2:05
Run 7 5:08 5:30
Sandbag lunges 4:46 5:37
Run 8 6:16 4:49
Wall balls 7:01 5:43
Roxzone 5:39 7:18
Finish 1:19:34 1:25:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Thomas Rafael Gap
Karlsruhe 2026 Open Men · 1 Oct 2026 1:25:11 1:25:13 0:02 · Thomas faster
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