Michael vs Thomas

GER GER · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Bittlingmaier

1:17:49 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
383rd of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 9 results

Thomas Leithold

1:17:54 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
384th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Thomas: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Thomas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 35%).Thomas: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 21%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Thomas: faster than
Ski 91% 44%
Push 89% 32%
Pull 78% 50%
BBJ 98% 76%
Row 72% 33%
Carry 35% 21%
Lunges 78% 49%
Wall balls 59% 46%
Roxzone 62% 88%
Runs 66% 88%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Thomas
SkiErg 91% 44%
Sled push 89% 32%
Sled pull 78% 50%
Burpee broad jump 98% 76%
Row 72% 33%
Farmers carry 35% 21%
Sandbag lunges 78% 49%
Wall balls 59% 46%
Roxzone (moving) 62% 88%
Runs (8 km) 66% 88%

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

Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:17:49
4:184:084:482:335:013:494:573:255:154:405:082:085:324:165:156:436:01
Thomas · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:17:54
3:414:324:313:324:374:274:334:334:375:054:382:224:435:114:257:414:54
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.Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 40:14 running, 31:43 at the stations and 6:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:43).Below, Thomas · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 35:46 running, 37:22 at the stations and 4:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:41).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Thomas · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:18 3:41
SkiErg 4:08 4:32
Run 2 4:48 4:31
Sled push 2:33 3:32
Run 3 5:01 4:37
Sled pull 3:49 4:27
Run 4 4:57 4:33
Burpee broad jump 3:25 4:33
Run 5 5:15 4:37
Row 4:40 5:05
Run 6 5:08 4:38
Farmers carry 2:08 2:22
Run 7 5:32 4:43
Sandbag lunges 4:16 5:11
Run 8 5:15 4:25
Wall balls 6:43 7:41
Roxzone 6:01 4:54
Finish 1:17:49 1:17:54

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Michael Thomas Gap
Berlin 2026 Doubles Men · 24 May 2026 1:14:50 1:14:26 0:24 · Thomas faster
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:17:49 1:17:54 0:05 · Michael faster
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