Markus vs Simon

EST EST · Open Men · 1 result

Markus Paapsi

1:27:34 best Open Men time · Rome 2026
1626th of 2,820 place in that race · 2,820 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Simon Haynes

1:26:19 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2118th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Markus: Rome 2026, Open Men · Simon: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Markus and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Markus: strongest on Row (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 26%).Simon: strongest on Push (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 25%).

See the numbers
Part Markus: faster than Simon: faster than
Ski 34% 57%
Push 31% 80%
Pull 32% 59%
BBJ 56% 75%
Row 75% 29%
Carry 61% 25%
Lunges 73% 57%
Wall balls 29% 33%
Roxzone 26% 50%
Runs 42% 32%

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

Part by part

Part Markus Simon
SkiErg 34% 57%
Sled push 31% 80%
Sled pull 32% 59%
Burpee broad jump 56% 75%
Row 75% 29%
Farmers carry 61% 25%
Sandbag lunges 73% 57%
Wall balls 29% 33%
Roxzone (moving) 26% 50%
Runs (8 km) 42% 32%

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

Markus · Rome 2026 · Open Men1:27:34
6:444:394:513:524:495:224:485:164:534:434:362:034:294:365:228:238:17
Simon · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:26:19
5:294:304:412:525:164:235:024:295:025:054:512:327:374:555:008:166:27
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.Markus · Rome 2026 · Open Men: 40:32 running, 38:55 at the stations and 8:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:23).Below, Simon · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 42:58 running, 37:02 at the stations and 6:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:16).

See the numbers
Part Markus · Rome 2026 · Open Men Simon · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 6:44 5:29
SkiErg 4:39 4:30
Run 2 4:51 4:41
Sled push 3:52 2:52
Run 3 4:49 5:16
Sled pull 5:22 4:23
Run 4 4:48 5:02
Burpee broad jump 5:16 4:29
Run 5 4:53 5:02
Row 4:43 5:05
Run 6 4:36 4:51
Farmers carry 2:03 2:32
Run 7 4:29 7:37
Sandbag lunges 4:36 4:55
Run 8 5:22 5:00
Wall balls 8:23 8:16
Roxzone 8:17 6:27
Finish 1:27:34 1:26:19

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Markus Simon Gap
Rome 2026 Open Men · 23 Sep 2026 1:27:34 1:27:33 0:01 · Simon faster
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