Ruth vs Merle
MEX · Open Women · 1 result Ruth Krainer
GER · Open Women · 2 results Merle Behnken
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ruth: Hamburg 2025, Open Women · Merle: Hamburg 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Ruth and Merle sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ruth: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 3%).Merle: strongest on Runs (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ruth: faster than | Merle: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 24% | 15% |
| Push | 5% | 9% |
| Pull | 3% | 12% |
| BBJ | 30% | 15% |
| Row | 31% | 8% |
| Carry | 3% | 6% |
| Lunges | 43% | 11% |
| Wall balls | 45% | 3% |
| Roxzone | 54% | 14% |
| Runs | 10% | 42% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ruth | Merle |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 24% | 15% |
| Sled push | 5% | 9% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 12% |
| Burpee broad jump | 30% | 15% |
| Row | 31% | 8% |
| Farmers carry | 3% | 6% |
| Sandbag lunges | 43% | 11% |
| Wall balls | 45% | 3% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 54% | 14% |
| Runs (8 km) | 10% | 42% |
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
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.Ruth · Hamburg 2025 · Open Women: 56:09 running, 44:53 at the stations and 7:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (7:55) and the shortest the sled push (3:31).Below, Merle · Hamburg 2025 · Open Women: 46:38 running, 51:40 at the stations and 10:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:58).
See the numbers
| Part | Ruth · Hamburg 2025 · Open Women | Merle · Hamburg 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:37 | 6:18 |
| SkiErg | 5:18 | 5:26 |
| Run 2 | 5:12 | 5:20 |
| Sled push | 3:31 | 3:18 |
| Run 3 | 5:36 | 5:27 |
| Sled pull | 7:55 | 6:39 |
| Run 4 | 7:32 | 5:36 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:17 | 8:25 |
| Run 5 | 7:20 | 5:38 |
| Row | 5:33 | 6:00 |
| Run 6 | 7:12 | 6:03 |
| Farmers carry | 3:31 | 3:07 |
| Run 7 | 9:42 | 5:34 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:10 | 6:46 |
| Run 8 | 7:58 | 6:42 |
| Wall balls | 6:37 | 11:58 |
| Roxzone | 7:54 | 10:29 |
| Finish | 1:48:47 | 1:48:38 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ruth | Merle | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg 2025 Open Women · 3 Oct 2025 | 1:48:47 | 1:48:38 | 0:09 · Merle faster |
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