Niklas vs Steffen

GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Niklas Merk

1:33:05 best Open Men time · Frankfurt 2024
1051st of 1,480 place in that race · 1,480 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Steffen Schäfer

1:32:58 best Open Men time · Frankfurt 2024
1049th of 1,480 place in that race · 1,480 Open Men finishers

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

Niklas: Frankfurt 2024, Open Men · Steffen: Frankfurt 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Niklas and Steffen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Niklas: strongest on Push (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 8%).Steffen: strongest on Carry (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 22%).

See the numbers
Part Niklas: faster than Steffen: faster than
Ski 16% 64%
Push 81% 44%
Pull 42% 54%
BBJ 52% 22%
Row 23% 34%
Carry 52% 81%
Lunges 49% 24%
Wall balls 8% 27%
Roxzone 54% 38%
Runs 27% 26%

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

Part by part

Part Niklas Steffen
SkiErg 16% 64%
Sled push 81% 44%
Sled pull 42% 54%
Burpee broad jump 52% 22%
Row 23% 34%
Farmers carry 52% 81%
Sandbag lunges 49% 24%
Wall balls 8% 27%
Roxzone (moving) 54% 38%
Runs (8 km) 27% 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

Niklas · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men1:33:05
4:405:015:092:215:445:035:505:185:595:015:421:566:054:566:5410:556:39
Steffen · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men1:32:58
4:284:325:012:515:574:455:486:526:294:525:531:386:015:566:357:587:29
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.Niklas · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men: 46:02 running, 40:31 at the stations and 6:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:55).Below, Steffen · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men: 46:12 running, 39:24 at the stations and 7:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:58).

See the numbers
Part Niklas · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men Steffen · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 4:40 4:28
SkiErg 5:01 4:32
Run 2 5:09 5:01
Sled push 2:21 2:51
Run 3 5:44 5:57
Sled pull 5:03 4:45
Run 4 5:50 5:48
Burpee broad jump 5:18 6:52
Run 5 5:59 6:29
Row 5:01 4:52
Run 6 5:42 5:53
Farmers carry 1:56 1:38
Run 7 6:05 6:01
Sandbag lunges 4:56 5:56
Run 8 6:54 6:35
Wall balls 10:55 7:58
Roxzone 6:39 7:29
Finish 1:33:05 1:32:58

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Niklas Steffen Gap
Frankfurt 2024 Open Men · 14 Dec 2024 1:33:05 1:32:58 0:07 · Steffen faster
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