Markus vs Marcel

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 · 4 results

Marcel Mutschler

1:34:17 best Open Men time · Stuttgart 2025
808th of 1,171 place in that race · 1,171 Open Men finishers

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

Markus: Karlsruhe 2026, Open Men · Marcel: Stuttgart 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Markus and Marcel 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%).Marcel: strongest on Carry (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 12%).

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Part Markus: faster than Marcel: faster than
Ski 69% 14%
Push 72% 12%
Pull 48% 31%
BBJ 27% 13%
Row 75% 36%
Carry 20% 70%
Lunges 34% 18%
Wall balls 26% 48%
Roxzone 22% 26%
Runs 36% 38%

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

Part by part

Part Markus Marcel
SkiErg 69% 14%
Sled push 72% 12%
Sled pull 48% 31%
Burpee broad jump 27% 13%
Row 75% 36%
Farmers carry 20% 70%
Sandbag lunges 34% 18%
Wall balls 26% 48%
Roxzone (moving) 22% 26%
Runs (8 km) 36% 38%

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
Marcel · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men1:34:17
5:114:504:373:384:505:194:517:414:584:555:121:535:146:395:577:3011:12
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, Marcel · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men: 40:50 running, 42:25 at the stations and 11:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:41).

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Part Markus · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men Marcel · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:06 5:11
SkiErg 4:20 4:50
Run 2 5:55 4:37
Sled push 2:52 3:38
Run 3 5:59 4:50
Sled pull 4:52 5:19
Run 4 6:05 4:51
Burpee broad jump 7:09 7:41
Run 5 7:03 4:58
Row 4:41 4:55
Run 6 6:20 5:12
Farmers carry 2:50 1:53
Run 7 5:46 5:14
Sandbag lunges 6:02 6:39
Run 8 5:29 5:57
Wall balls 9:45 7:30
Roxzone 7:28 11:12
Finish 1:36:35 1:34:17

Head to head: 3 races they both ran

Race Markus Marcel Gap
Karlsruhe 2026 Open Men · 1 Oct 2026 1:54:30 1:36:36 17:54 · Marcel faster
Karlsruhe 2026 Open Men · 1 Oct 2026 1:36:35 1:36:36 0:01 · Markus faster
Karlsruhe 2025 Open Men · 1 Mar 2025 1:53:17 1:37:26 15:51 · Marcel faster
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