Michael vs Simon

GER GER · Open Men · 5 results

Michael Caspers

1:17:23 best Open Men time · Cologne 2025
499th of 1,840 place in that race · 1,840 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 5 results

Simon Balster

1:13:44 best Open Men time · Berlin 2025
813th of 2,599 place in that race · 2,599 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Cologne 2025, Open Men · Simon: Berlin 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 36%).Simon: strongest on Runs (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 37%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Simon: faster than
Ski 76% 63%
Push 72% 75%
Pull 53% 67%
BBJ 67% 70%
Row 72% 72%
Carry 56% 60%
Lunges 99% 57%
Wall balls 95% 37%
Roxzone 36% 59%
Runs 59% 76%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Simon
SkiErg 76% 63%
Sled push 72% 75%
Sled pull 53% 67%
Burpee broad jump 67% 70%
Row 72% 72%
Farmers carry 56% 60%
Sandbag lunges 99% 57%
Wall balls 95% 37%
Roxzone (moving) 36% 59%
Runs (8 km) 59% 76%

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

Michael · Cologne 2025 · Open Men1:17:23
4:414:134:182:335:264:245:194:445:094:344:582:004:442:225:264:318:01
Simon · Berlin 2025 · Open Men1:13:44
3:244:183:542:304:003:554:034:354:034:294:001:554:024:485:106:438:04
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.Michael · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 40:01 running, 29:22 at the stations and 8:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:44).Below, Simon · Berlin 2025 · Open Men: 32:36 running, 33:13 at the stations and 8:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:43).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Cologne 2025 · Open Men Simon · Berlin 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:41 3:24
SkiErg 4:13 4:18
Run 2 4:18 3:54
Sled push 2:33 2:30
Run 3 5:26 4:00
Sled pull 4:24 3:55
Run 4 5:19 4:03
Burpee broad jump 4:44 4:35
Run 5 5:09 4:03
Row 4:34 4:29
Run 6 4:58 4:00
Farmers carry 2:00 1:55
Run 7 4:44 4:02
Sandbag lunges 2:22 4:48
Run 8 5:26 5:10
Wall balls 4:31 6:43
Roxzone 8:01 8:04
Finish 1:17:23 1:13:44

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Simon Gap
Cologne 2025 Open Men · 10 Apr 2025 1:17:23 1:17:16 0:07 · Simon faster
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