Arik vs Michael

GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Arik Botmann

2:33:57 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
1444th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Meyer

2:33:52 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
1443rd of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Arik: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Michael: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Arik and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Arik: strongest on Ski (faster than 7% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 0%).Michael: strongest on Ski (faster than 32% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 0%).

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Part Arik: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 7% 32%
Push 0% 7%
Pull 0% 3%
BBJ 1% 15%
Row 4% 9%
Carry 2% 2%
Lunges 2% 13%
Wall balls 1% 3%
Roxzone 3% 13%
Runs 2% 0%

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

Part by part

Part Arik Michael
SkiErg 7% 32%
Sled push 0% 7%
Sled pull 0% 3%
Burpee broad jump 1% 15%
Row 4% 9%
Farmers carry 2% 2%
Sandbag lunges 2% 13%
Wall balls 1% 3%
Roxzone (moving) 3% 13%
Runs (8 km) 2% 0%

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

Arik · Cologne 2026 · Open Men2:33:57
6:065:068:1210:208:4110:068:3612:019:095:528:403:288:4210:278:1718:1712:04
Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men2:33:52
7:454:3911:394:3711:437:0911:457:5012:125:3611:473:2511:477:199:1316:249:10
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.Arik · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 1:06:23 running, 1:15:37 at the stations and 12:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (18:17).Below, Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 1:27:51 running, 56:59 at the stations and 9:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:24).

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Part Arik · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:06 7:45
SkiErg 5:06 4:39
Run 2 8:12 11:39
Sled push 10:20 4:37
Run 3 8:41 11:43
Sled pull 10:06 7:09
Run 4 8:36 11:45
Burpee broad jump 12:01 7:50
Run 5 9:09 12:12
Row 5:52 5:36
Run 6 8:40 11:47
Farmers carry 3:28 3:25
Run 7 8:42 11:47
Sandbag lunges 10:27 7:19
Run 8 8:17 9:13
Wall balls 18:17 16:24
Roxzone 12:04 9:10
Finish 2:33:57 2:33:52

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Arik Michael Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 2:33:57 2:33:52 0:05 · Michael faster
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