Markus vs Paul

GER GER · Open Men · 3 results

Markus Penninger

1:36:35 best Open Men time · Karlsruhe 2026
1146th of 1,725 place in that race · 1,725 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Paul Ihrig

1:36:35 best Open Men time · Karlsruhe 2026
1147th of 1,725 place in that race · 1,725 Open Men finishers

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

Markus: Karlsruhe 2026, Open Men · Paul: Karlsruhe 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Markus and Paul 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 Carry (faster than 20%).Paul: strongest on BBJ (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 9%).

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Part Markus: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 69% 9%
Push 72% 27%
Pull 48% 16%
BBJ 27% 72%
Row 75% 16%
Carry 20% 36%
Lunges 34% 51%
Wall balls 26% 16%
Roxzone 22% 44%
Runs 36% 39%

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

Part by part

Part Markus Paul
SkiErg 69% 9%
Sled push 72% 27%
Sled pull 48% 16%
Burpee broad jump 27% 72%
Row 75% 16%
Farmers carry 20% 36%
Sandbag lunges 34% 51%
Wall balls 26% 16%
Roxzone (moving) 22% 44%
Runs (8 km) 36% 39%

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 · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men1:36:35
4:064:205:552:525:594:526:057:097:034:416:202:505:466:025:299:457:28
Paul · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men1:36:35
4:084:575:483:426:156:166:254:596:415:236:112:286:105:194:3711:166:07
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 · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men: 46:43 running, 42:31 at the stations and 7:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:45).Below, Paul · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men: 46:15 running, 44:20 at the stations and 6:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:16).

See the numbers
Part Markus · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men Paul · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:06 4:08
SkiErg 4:20 4:57
Run 2 5:55 5:48
Sled push 2:52 3:42
Run 3 5:59 6:15
Sled pull 4:52 6:16
Run 4 6:05 6:25
Burpee broad jump 7:09 4:59
Run 5 7:03 6:41
Row 4:41 5:23
Run 6 6:20 6:11
Farmers carry 2:50 2:28
Run 7 5:46 6:10
Sandbag lunges 6:02 5:19
Run 8 5:29 4:37
Wall balls 9:45 11:16
Roxzone 7:28 6:07
Finish 1:36:35 1:36:35

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Markus Paul Gap
Karlsruhe 2026 Open Men · 1 Oct 2026 1:54:30 1:36:35 17:55 · Paul faster
Karlsruhe 2026 Open Men · 1 Oct 2026 1:36:35 1:36:35 level
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