Marc vs Philip

ESP ESP · Open Men · 6 results

Marc Ballbe

1:31:51 best Open Men time · Barcelona 2025
1368th of 1,904 place in that race · 1,904 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Philip Mertes

1:38:34 best Open Men time · Barcelona 2026
1977th of 2,350 place in that race · 2,350 Open Men finishers

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

Marc: Barcelona 2025, Open Men · Philip: Barcelona 2026, Open Men

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

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%).

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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

Marc · Barcelona 2025 · Open Men1:31:51
4:484:455:053:475:196:095:306:465:285:015:162:415:255:465:346:507:48
Philip · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men1:38:34
4:205:074:403:304:585:545:018:517:315:224:592:594:517:335:229:577:49
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.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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