Volker vs Wolfgang

GER GER · Open Men · 2 results

Volker Herold

2:50:38 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
1451st of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Wolfgang Kempen

2:45:20 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
1450th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Volker: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Wolfgang: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Volker and Wolfgang sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Volker: strongest on Carry (faster than 13% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 0%).Wolfgang: strongest on BBJ (faster than 5% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 0%).

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Part Volker: faster than Wolfgang: faster than
Ski 2% 0%
Push 7% 0%
Pull 2% 4%
BBJ 0% 5%
Row 1% 1%
Carry 13% 2%
Lunges 5% 2%
Wall balls 0% 2%
Roxzone 0% 0%
Runs 0% 1%

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

Part by part

Part Volker Wolfgang
SkiErg 2% 0%
Sled push 7% 0%
Sled pull 2% 4%
Burpee broad jump 0% 5%
Row 1% 1%
Farmers carry 13% 2%
Sandbag lunges 5% 2%
Wall balls 0% 2%
Roxzone (moving) 0% 0%
Runs (8 km) 0% 1%

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

Volker · Cologne 2026 · Open Men2:50:38
6:365:218:324:3310:347:379:5714:0210:276:2810:182:3510:398:5311:4420:5421:37
Wolfgang · Cologne 2026 · Open Men2:45:20
6:165:538:1410:1411:416:518:509:589:216:199:263:299:2010:119:4917:3122:04
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.Volker · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 1:18:47 running, 1:10:23 at the stations and 21:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (20:54).Below, Wolfgang · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 1:12:56 running, 1:10:26 at the stations and 22:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (17:31).

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Part Volker · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Wolfgang · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:36 6:16
SkiErg 5:21 5:53
Run 2 8:32 8:14
Sled push 4:33 10:14
Run 3 10:34 11:41
Sled pull 7:37 6:51
Run 4 9:57 8:50
Burpee broad jump 14:02 9:58
Run 5 10:27 9:21
Row 6:28 6:19
Run 6 10:18 9:26
Farmers carry 2:35 3:29
Run 7 10:39 9:20
Sandbag lunges 8:53 10:11
Run 8 11:44 9:49
Wall balls 20:54 17:31
Roxzone 21:37 22:04
Finish 2:50:38 2:45:20

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Volker Wolfgang Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 2:50:38 2:45:20 5:18 · Wolfgang faster
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