Daniel vs Markus

GER GER · Open Men · 2 results

Daniel Schmidt

1:38:25 best Open Men time · Cologne 2025
1451st of 1,840 place in that race · 1,840 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 2 results

Markus Grüntges

1:35:38 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
1008th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Daniel: Cologne 2025, Open Men · Markus: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Daniel and Markus sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Daniel: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 13%).Markus: strongest on Runs (faster than 49% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 4%).

See the numbers
Part Daniel: faster than Markus: faster than
Ski 54% 17%
Push 29% 8%
Pull 13% 8%
BBJ 43% 36%
Row 32% 28%
Carry 13% 4%
Lunges 16% 22%
Wall balls 63% 32%
Roxzone 23% 33%
Runs 15% 49%

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

Part by part

Part Daniel Markus
SkiErg 54% 17%
Sled push 29% 8%
Sled pull 13% 8%
Burpee broad jump 43% 36%
Row 32% 28%
Farmers carry 13% 4%
Sandbag lunges 16% 22%
Wall balls 63% 32%
Roxzone (moving) 23% 33%
Runs (8 km) 15% 49%

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

Daniel · Cologne 2025 · Open Men1:38:25
5:184:235:403:156:175:456:335:436:174:576:132:436:006:406:586:209:23
Markus · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:35:38
4:034:515:084:285:296:225:396:115:585:095:453:075:466:235:308:417:18
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.Daniel · Cologne 2025 · Open Men: 49:16 running, 39:46 at the stations and 9:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:40).Below, Markus · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 43:18 running, 45:12 at the stations and 7:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:41).

See the numbers
Part Daniel · Cologne 2025 · Open Men Markus · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:18 4:03
SkiErg 4:23 4:51
Run 2 5:40 5:08
Sled push 3:15 4:28
Run 3 6:17 5:29
Sled pull 5:45 6:22
Run 4 6:33 5:39
Burpee broad jump 5:43 6:11
Run 5 6:17 5:58
Row 4:57 5:09
Run 6 6:13 5:45
Farmers carry 2:43 3:07
Run 7 6:00 5:46
Sandbag lunges 6:40 6:23
Run 8 6:58 5:30
Wall balls 6:20 8:41
Roxzone 9:23 7:18
Finish 1:38:25 1:35:38

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Daniel Markus Gap
Cologne 2025 Open Men · 10 Apr 2025 1:38:25 1:38:27 0:02 · Daniel faster
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