Sebastian vs Merlin
GER · Open Men · 1 result Sebastian Budde
GER · Open Men · 5 results Merlin Moelter
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Sebastian: Hamburg 2025, Open Men · Merlin: Cologne 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Sebastian and Merlin sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sebastian: strongest on Push (faster than 31% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 1%).Merlin: strongest on Runs (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 7%).
See the numbers
| Part | Sebastian: faster than | Merlin: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 2% | 18% |
| Push | 31% | 16% |
| Pull | 15% | 14% |
| BBJ | 8% | 12% |
| Row | 3% | 19% |
| Carry | 3% | 7% |
| Lunges | 19% | 8% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 7% |
| Roxzone | 15% | 20% |
| Runs | 1% | 47% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Sebastian | Merlin |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 2% | 18% |
| Sled push | 31% | 16% |
| Sled pull | 15% | 14% |
| Burpee broad jump | 8% | 12% |
| Row | 3% | 19% |
| Farmers carry | 3% | 7% |
| Sandbag lunges | 19% | 8% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 7% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 15% | 20% |
| Runs (8 km) | 1% | 47% |
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.Sebastian · Hamburg 2025 · Open Men: 1:12:52 running, 51:34 at the stations and 10:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:51) and the shortest the sled push (3:25).Below, Merlin · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 43:36 running, 52:40 at the stations and 8:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:28).
See the numbers
| Part | Sebastian · Hamburg 2025 · Open Men | Merlin · Cologne 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:02 | 3:35 |
| SkiErg | 5:15 | 4:49 |
| Run 2 | 8:31 | 5:20 |
| Sled push | 3:25 | 4:01 |
| Run 3 | 9:44 | 6:20 |
| Sled pull | 6:13 | 5:49 |
| Run 4 | 9:44 | 6:02 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:43 | 8:17 |
| Run 5 | 10:03 | 6:09 |
| Row | 5:51 | 5:20 |
| Run 6 | 9:38 | 5:20 |
| Farmers carry | 3:26 | 2:49 |
| Run 7 | 7:29 | 5:45 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:49 | 8:06 |
| Run 8 | 10:42 | 5:06 |
| Wall balls | 11:51 | 13:28 |
| Roxzone | 10:16 | 8:12 |
| Finish | 2:14:35 | 1:44:21 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Sebastian | Merlin | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg 2025 Open Men · 3 Oct 2025 | 2:14:35 | 2:14:37 | 0:02 · Sebastian faster |
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