Mike vs Lars
Mike Backat
Lars Kolb
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mike: Amsterdam 2026, Open Men · Lars: Cologne 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Mike and Lars sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mike: strongest on Row (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).Lars: strongest on Lunges (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mike: faster than | Lars: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 11% | 21% |
| Push | 61% | 62% |
| Pull | 50% | 36% |
| BBJ | 74% | 70% |
| Row | 75% | 10% |
| Carry | 59% | 29% |
| Lunges | 60% | 86% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 15% |
| Roxzone | 70% | 46% |
| Runs | 63% | 60% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mike | Lars |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 11% | 21% |
| Sled push | 61% | 62% |
| Sled pull | 50% | 36% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 70% |
| Row | 75% | 10% |
| Farmers carry | 59% | 29% |
| Sandbag lunges | 60% | 86% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 15% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 70% | 46% |
| Runs (8 km) | 63% | 60% |
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.Mike · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men: 38:30 running, 35:25 at the stations and 5:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:11).Below, Lars · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 41:15 running, 40:12 at the stations and 6:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:59).
See the numbers
| Part | Mike · Amsterdam 2026 · Open Men | Lars · Cologne 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:33 | 4:04 |
| SkiErg | 4:53 | 4:47 |
| Run 2 | 4:39 | 4:58 |
| Sled push | 2:50 | 3:03 |
| Run 3 | 4:59 | 5:12 |
| Sled pull | 4:44 | 4:49 |
| Run 4 | 5:03 | 5:13 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:31 | 4:49 |
| Run 5 | 5:07 | 5:26 |
| Row | 4:32 | 5:32 |
| Run 6 | 5:06 | 5:34 |
| Farmers carry | 1:56 | 2:13 |
| Run 7 | 4:52 | 5:31 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:49 | 4:00 |
| Run 8 | 5:11 | 5:16 |
| Wall balls | 7:11 | 10:59 |
| Roxzone | 5:58 | 6:39 |
| Finish | 1:19:46 | 1:27:58 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mike | Lars | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 | 1:27:59 | 1:27:58 | 0:01 · Lars faster |
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