Michael vs Julian

GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Schäfer

1:29:59 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
838th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 3 results

Julian Heidbrink

1:29:59 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
837th 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 · Julian: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Julian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 10%).Julian: strongest on BBJ (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 16%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Julian: faster than
Ski 53% 57%
Push 55% 16%
Pull 18% 55%
BBJ 28% 79%
Row 10% 53%
Carry 56% 51%
Lunges 42% 36%
Wall balls 57% 68%
Roxzone 29% 59%
Runs 50% 26%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Julian
SkiErg 53% 57%
Sled push 55% 16%
Sled pull 18% 55%
Burpee broad jump 28% 79%
Row 10% 53%
Farmers carry 56% 51%
Sandbag lunges 42% 36%
Wall balls 57% 68%
Roxzone (moving) 29% 59%
Runs (8 km) 50% 26%

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 Men1:29:59
4:004:285:133:095:265:315:156:405:285:325:241:555:225:266:586:507:30
Julian · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:29:59
4:444:266:064:016:224:216:054:286:194:516:171:586:265:415:416:126:08
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: 43:07 running, 39:31 at the stations and 7:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:50).Below, Julian · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 47:59 running, 35:58 at the stations and 6:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:12).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Julian · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:00 4:44
SkiErg 4:28 4:26
Run 2 5:13 6:06
Sled push 3:09 4:01
Run 3 5:26 6:22
Sled pull 5:31 4:21
Run 4 5:15 6:05
Burpee broad jump 6:40 4:28
Run 5 5:28 6:19
Row 5:32 4:51
Run 6 5:24 6:17
Farmers carry 1:55 1:58
Run 7 5:22 6:26
Sandbag lunges 5:26 5:41
Run 8 6:58 5:41
Wall balls 6:50 6:12
Roxzone 7:30 6:08
Finish 1:29:59 1:29:59

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Julian Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:29:59 1:29:59 level
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