Daniel vs Merlin
GER · Open Men · 2 results Daniel Christian
GER · Open Men · 5 results Merlin Smeenk
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Daniel: Frankfurt 2025, Open Men · Merlin: Maastricht 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Daniel and Merlin sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Daniel: strongest on Pull (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 19%).Merlin: strongest on Ski (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 24%).
See the numbers
| Part | Daniel: faster than | Merlin: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 28% | 77% |
| Push | 47% | 38% |
| Pull | 55% | 58% |
| BBJ | 19% | 47% |
| Row | 34% | 60% |
| Carry | 36% | 72% |
| Lunges | 41% | 24% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 68% |
| Roxzone | 50% | 73% |
| Runs | 43% | 52% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Daniel | Merlin |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 28% | 77% |
| Sled push | 47% | 38% |
| Sled pull | 55% | 58% |
| Burpee broad jump | 19% | 47% |
| Row | 34% | 60% |
| Farmers carry | 36% | 72% |
| Sandbag lunges | 41% | 24% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 68% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 50% | 73% |
| Runs (8 km) | 43% | 52% |
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.Daniel · Frankfurt 2025 · Open Men: 42:50 running, 41:16 at the stations and 7:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:40).Below, Merlin · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 41:34 running, 38:05 at the stations and 6:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:00).
See the numbers
| Part | Daniel · Frankfurt 2025 · Open Men | Merlin · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:28 | 6:20 |
| SkiErg | 4:41 | 4:16 |
| Run 2 | 5:04 | 4:28 |
| Sled push | 3:42 | 2:51 |
| Run 3 | 5:24 | 4:45 |
| Sled pull | 4:48 | 4:56 |
| Run 4 | 5:29 | 4:50 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:57 | 6:07 |
| Run 5 | 5:46 | 5:12 |
| Row | 4:56 | 4:43 |
| Run 6 | 5:12 | 5:06 |
| Farmers carry | 2:13 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 5:28 | 5:01 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:19 | 6:18 |
| Run 8 | 5:59 | 5:52 |
| Wall balls | 8:40 | 7:00 |
| Roxzone | 7:01 | 6:33 |
| Finish | 1:30:58 | 1:26:04 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Daniel | Merlin | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt 2025 Open Men · 12 Dec 2025 | 1:30:58 | 1:30:56 | 0:02 · Merlin faster |
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