Karim vs Thom

GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Karim Ehrlich

1:15:45 best Open Men time · Mechelen 2026
795th of 2,671 place in that race · 2,671 Open Men finishers
NED NED · Open Men · 3 results

Thom van Essen

1:11:49 best Open Men time · Maastricht 2026
267th of 2,058 place in that race · 2,058 Open Men finishers

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

Karim: Mechelen 2026, Open Men · Thom: Maastricht 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Karim and Thom sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karim: strongest on Lunges (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 55%).Thom: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 41%).

See the numbers
Part Karim: faster than Thom: faster than
Ski 79% 56%
Push 55% 41%
Pull 60% 80%
BBJ 76% 59%
Row 80% 92%
Carry 75% 89%
Lunges 89% 61%
Wall balls 57% 75%
Roxzone 61% 98%
Runs 63% 91%

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

Part by part

Part Karim Thom
SkiErg 79% 56%
Sled push 55% 41%
Sled pull 60% 80%
Burpee broad jump 76% 59%
Row 80% 92%
Farmers carry 75% 89%
Sandbag lunges 89% 61%
Wall balls 57% 75%
Roxzone (moving) 61% 98%
Runs (8 km) 63% 91%

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

Karim · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men1:15:45
3:454:154:292:374:444:074:364:324:484:294:401:484:253:445:086:237:24
Thom · Maastricht 2026 · Open Men1:11:49
3:214:274:073:064:103:534:115:174:174:274:161:444:184:504:425:385:12
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.Karim · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 36:35 running, 31:55 at the stations and 7:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:23).Below, Thom · Maastricht 2026 · Open Men: 33:22 running, 33:21 at the stations and 5:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:38).

See the numbers
Part Karim · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men Thom · Maastricht 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:45 3:21
SkiErg 4:15 4:27
Run 2 4:29 4:07
Sled push 2:37 3:06
Run 3 4:44 4:10
Sled pull 4:07 3:53
Run 4 4:36 4:11
Burpee broad jump 4:32 5:17
Run 5 4:48 4:17
Row 4:29 4:27
Run 6 4:40 4:16
Farmers carry 1:48 1:44
Run 7 4:25 4:18
Sandbag lunges 3:44 4:50
Run 8 5:08 4:42
Wall balls 6:23 5:38
Roxzone 7:24 5:12
Finish 1:15:45 1:11:49

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Karim Thom Gap
Mechelen 2026 Open Men · 27 Mar 2026 1:15:45 1:15:44 0:01 · Thom faster
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