Niklas vs Markus
GER · Open Men · 2 results Niklas Grunewald
GER · Open Men · 3 results Markus Penninger
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Niklas: Karlsruhe 2025, Open Men · Markus: Karlsruhe 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Niklas and Markus sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Niklas: strongest on Carry (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 3%).Markus: strongest on Row (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 20%).
See the numbers
| Part | Niklas: faster than | Markus: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 44% | 69% |
| Push | 27% | 72% |
| Pull | 32% | 48% |
| BBJ | 16% | 27% |
| Row | 68% | 75% |
| Carry | 78% | 20% |
| Lunges | 72% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 26% |
| Roxzone | 15% | 22% |
| Runs | 3% | 36% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Niklas | Markus |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 44% | 69% |
| Sled push | 27% | 72% |
| Sled pull | 32% | 48% |
| Burpee broad jump | 16% | 27% |
| Row | 68% | 75% |
| Farmers carry | 78% | 20% |
| Sandbag lunges | 72% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 26% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 15% | 22% |
| Runs (8 km) | 3% | 36% |
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.Niklas · Karlsruhe 2025 · Open Men: 1:06:08 running, 38:45 at the stations and 8:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:31).Below, 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).
See the numbers
| Part | Niklas · Karlsruhe 2025 · Open Men | Markus · Karlsruhe 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:48 | 4:06 |
| SkiErg | 4:29 | 4:20 |
| Run 2 | 8:35 | 5:55 |
| Sled push | 3:10 | 2:52 |
| Run 3 | 8:53 | 5:59 |
| Sled pull | 5:41 | 4:52 |
| Run 4 | 8:52 | 6:05 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:31 | 7:09 |
| Run 5 | 9:41 | 7:03 |
| Row | 4:38 | 4:41 |
| Run 6 | 9:08 | 6:20 |
| Farmers carry | 1:43 | 2:50 |
| Run 7 | 9:02 | 5:46 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:26 | 6:02 |
| Run 8 | 8:10 | 5:29 |
| Wall balls | 7:07 | 9:45 |
| Roxzone | 8:38 | 7:28 |
| Finish | 1:53:25 | 1:36:35 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Niklas | Markus | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karlsruhe 2025 Open Men · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:53:25 | 1:53:17 | 0:08 · Markus faster |
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