Muhammad vs Philip

EGY EGY · Open Men · 1 result

Muhammad Essam

1:38:30 best Open Men time · Barcelona 2026
1975th of 2,350 place in that race · 2,350 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

Muhammad: Barcelona 2026, Open Men · Philip: Barcelona 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Muhammad and Philip sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Muhammad: strongest on BBJ (faster than 52% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 6%).Philip: strongest on Push (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 5%).

See the numbers
Part Muhammad: faster than Philip: faster than
Ski 13% 13%
Push 37% 46%
Pull 11% 16%
BBJ 52% 5%
Row 22% 13%
Carry 6% 11%
Lunges 26% 7%
Wall balls 25% 11%
Roxzone 20% 21%
Runs 11% 35%

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

Part by part

Part Muhammad Philip
SkiErg 13% 13%
Sled push 37% 46%
Sled pull 11% 16%
Burpee broad jump 52% 5%
Row 22% 13%
Farmers carry 6% 11%
Sandbag lunges 26% 7%
Wall balls 25% 11%
Roxzone (moving) 20% 21%
Runs (8 km) 11% 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

Muhammad · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men1:38:30
4:515:075:193:416:346:167:155:056:305:115:443:175:225:446:308:177:56
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.Muhammad · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men: 48:05 running, 42:37 at the stations and 7:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:17).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).

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Part Muhammad · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men Philip · Barcelona 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:51 4:20
SkiErg 5:07 5:07
Run 2 5:19 4:40
Sled push 3:41 3:30
Run 3 6:34 4:58
Sled pull 6:16 5:54
Run 4 7:15 5:01
Burpee broad jump 5:05 8:51
Run 5 6:30 7:31
Row 5:11 5:22
Run 6 5:44 4:59
Farmers carry 3:17 2:59
Run 7 5:22 4:51
Sandbag lunges 5:44 7:33
Run 8 6:30 5:22
Wall balls 8:17 9:57
Roxzone 7:56 7:49
Finish 1:38:30 1:38:34

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Muhammad Philip Gap
Barcelona 2026 Open Men · 16 May 2026 1:38:30 1:38:34 0:04 · Muhammad faster
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