Björn vs Lukas

GER GER · Open Men · 4 results

Björn Esser

1:09:02 best Open Men time · Frankfurt 2024
150th of 1,480 place in that race · 1,480 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Lukas Köhler

1:12:17 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
178th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Björn: Frankfurt 2024, Open Men · Lukas: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Björn and Lukas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Björn: strongest on Lunges (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 44%).Lukas: strongest on Runs (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 28%).

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Part Björn: faster than Lukas: faster than
Ski 91% 68%
Push 58% 47%
Pull 44% 34%
BBJ 89% 90%
Row 86% 48%
Carry 55% 28%
Lunges 95% 89%
Wall balls 84% 79%
Roxzone 86% 73%
Runs 92% 95%

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

Part by part

Part Björn Lukas
SkiErg 91% 68%
Sled push 58% 47%
Sled pull 44% 34%
Burpee broad jump 89% 90%
Row 86% 48%
Farmers carry 55% 28%
Sandbag lunges 95% 89%
Wall balls 84% 79%
Roxzone (moving) 86% 73%
Runs (8 km) 92% 95%

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

Björn · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men1:09:02
3:264:164:002:404:055:014:103:504:214:224:241:544:223:234:434:575:15
Lukas · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:12:17
3:124:214:053:174:184:524:243:594:384:544:362:144:263:544:045:405:33
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.Björn · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men: 33:31 running, 30:23 at the stations and 5:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:01).Below, Lukas · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 33:43 running, 33:11 at the stations and 5:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:40).

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Part Björn · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men Lukas · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:26 3:12
SkiErg 4:16 4:21
Run 2 4:00 4:05
Sled push 2:40 3:17
Run 3 4:05 4:18
Sled pull 5:01 4:52
Run 4 4:10 4:24
Burpee broad jump 3:50 3:59
Run 5 4:21 4:38
Row 4:22 4:54
Run 6 4:24 4:36
Farmers carry 1:54 2:14
Run 7 4:22 4:26
Sandbag lunges 3:23 3:54
Run 8 4:43 4:04
Wall balls 4:57 5:40
Roxzone 5:15 5:33
Finish 1:09:02 1:12:17

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Björn Lukas Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:12:20 1:12:17 0:03 · Lukas faster
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