Marc vs Philip
Marc Ballbe
Philip Mertes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Marc: Barcelona 2025, Open Men · Philip: Barcelona 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Marc and Philip sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Marc: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 15%).Philip: strongest on Push (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | Marc: faster than | Philip: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 15% | 13% |
| Push | 21% | 46% |
| Pull | 20% | 16% |
| BBJ | 18% | 5% |
| Row | 25% | 13% |
| Carry | 17% | 11% |
| Lunges | 29% | 7% |
| Wall balls | 44% | 11% |
| Roxzone | 29% | 21% |
| Runs | 33% | 35% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Marc | Philip |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 15% | 13% |
| Sled push | 21% | 46% |
| Sled pull | 20% | 16% |
| Burpee broad jump | 18% | 5% |
| Row | 25% | 13% |
| Farmers carry | 17% | 11% |
| Sandbag lunges | 29% | 7% |
| Wall balls | 44% | 11% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 29% | 21% |
| Runs (8 km) | 33% | 35% |
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.Marc · Barcelona 2025 · Open Men: 42:26 running, 41:45 at the stations and 7:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:50).Below, Philip · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men: 41:43 running, 49:13 at the stations and 7:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:57).
See the numbers
| Part | Marc · Barcelona 2025 · Open Men | Philip · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:48 | 4:20 |
| SkiErg | 4:45 | 5:07 |
| Run 2 | 5:05 | 4:40 |
| Sled push | 3:47 | 3:30 |
| Run 3 | 5:19 | 4:58 |
| Sled pull | 6:09 | 5:54 |
| Run 4 | 5:30 | 5:01 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:46 | 8:51 |
| Run 5 | 5:28 | 7:31 |
| Row | 5:01 | 5:22 |
| Run 6 | 5:16 | 4:59 |
| Farmers carry | 2:41 | 2:59 |
| Run 7 | 5:25 | 4:51 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:46 | 7:33 |
| Run 8 | 5:34 | 5:22 |
| Wall balls | 6:50 | 9:57 |
| Roxzone | 7:48 | 7:49 |
| Finish | 1:31:51 | 1:38:34 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Marc | Philip | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona 2026 Open Men · 16 May 2026 | 1:38:35 | 1:38:34 | 0:01 · Philip faster |
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