Max vs Alexander

GER GER · Open Men · 2 results

Max Buch

1:23:38 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
576th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 4 results

Alexander Frenger

1:23:40 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
577th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Max: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Alexander: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Max and Alexander sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Max: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 16%).Alexander: strongest on Ski (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 37%).

See the numbers
Part Max: faster than Alexander: faster than
Ski 68% 96%
Push 47% 76%
Pull 39% 42%
BBJ 43% 37%
Row 63% 54%
Carry 44% 95%
Lunges 62% 48%
Wall balls 16% 59%
Roxzone 88% 39%
Runs 75% 62%

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

Part by part

Part Max Alexander
SkiErg 68% 96%
Sled push 47% 76%
Sled pull 39% 42%
Burpee broad jump 43% 37%
Row 63% 54%
Farmers carry 44% 95%
Sandbag lunges 62% 48%
Wall balls 16% 59%
Roxzone (moving) 88% 39%
Runs (8 km) 75% 62%

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

Max · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:23:38
3:424:214:443:174:554:444:545:475:234:454:482:024:574:485:0210:454:53
Alexander · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:23:40
3:324:044:352:505:094:405:186:095:354:505:301:285:535:125:206:447:00
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.Max · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 38:25 running, 40:28 at the stations and 4:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:45).Below, Alexander · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 40:51 running, 35:57 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:44).

See the numbers
Part Max · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Alexander · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:42 3:32
SkiErg 4:21 4:04
Run 2 4:44 4:35
Sled push 3:17 2:50
Run 3 4:55 5:09
Sled pull 4:44 4:40
Run 4 4:54 5:18
Burpee broad jump 5:47 6:09
Run 5 5:23 5:35
Row 4:45 4:50
Run 6 4:48 5:30
Farmers carry 2:02 1:28
Run 7 4:57 5:53
Sandbag lunges 4:48 5:12
Run 8 5:02 5:20
Wall balls 10:45 6:44
Roxzone 4:53 7:00
Finish 1:23:38 1:23:40

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Max Alexander Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:23:38 1:23:40 0:02 · Max faster
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