Merlin vs Sven
GER · Open Men · 2 results Merlin Bittlinger
GER · Open Men · 3 results Sven Biggen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Merlin: Cologne 2025, Open Men · Sven: Stuttgart 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Merlin and Sven sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Merlin: strongest on Row (faster than 51% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).Sven: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 11%).
See the numbers
| Part | Merlin: faster than | Sven: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 23% | 43% |
| Push | 21% | 14% |
| Pull | 13% | 99% |
| BBJ | 39% | 31% |
| Row | 51% | 30% |
| Carry | 7% | 30% |
| Lunges | 19% | 12% |
| Wall balls | 1% | 25% |
| Roxzone | 1% | 11% |
| Runs | 15% | 20% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Merlin | Sven |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 23% | 43% |
| Sled push | 21% | 14% |
| Sled pull | 13% | 99% |
| Burpee broad jump | 39% | 31% |
| Row | 51% | 30% |
| Farmers carry | 7% | 30% |
| Sandbag lunges | 19% | 12% |
| Wall balls | 1% | 25% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 1% | 11% |
| Runs (8 km) | 15% | 20% |
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.Merlin · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 49:02 running, 51:45 at the stations and 20:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (17:48).Below, Sven · Stuttgart 2024 · Open Men: 47:46 running, 41:28 at the stations and 10:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:35).
See the numbers
| Part | Merlin · Cologne 2025 · Open Men | Sven · Stuttgart 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:14 | 5:35 |
| SkiErg | 4:38 | 4:34 |
| Run 2 | 5:18 | 5:25 |
| Sled push | 3:24 | 3:36 |
| Run 3 | 5:52 | 5:54 |
| Sled pull | 5:45 | 2:52 |
| Run 4 | 6:08 | 5:37 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:54 | 6:46 |
| Run 5 | 6:08 | 5:58 |
| Row | 4:45 | 5:01 |
| Run 6 | 5:57 | 5:42 |
| Farmers carry | 3:01 | 2:15 |
| Run 7 | 5:45 | 5:51 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:30 | 7:48 |
| Run 8 | 8:40 | 7:43 |
| Wall balls | 17:48 | 8:35 |
| Roxzone | 20:46 | 10:50 |
| Finish | 2:01:33 | 1:39:53 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Merlin | Sven | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuttgart 2025 Open Men · 1 Nov 2025 | 2:02:01 | 2:02:03 | 0:02 · Merlin faster |
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