Markus vs Ralf

GER GER · Open Men · 4 results

Markus Schäfer

1:25:57 best Open Men time · Frankfurt 2024
795th of 1,480 place in that race · 1,480 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 7 results

Ralf Müller

1:18:10 best Open Men time · Hamburg 2025
477th of 1,895 place in that race · 1,895 Open Men finishers

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

Markus: Frankfurt 2024, Open Men · Ralf: Hamburg 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Markus and Ralf sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Markus: strongest on Carry (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 25%).Ralf: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 19%).

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Part Markus: faster than Ralf: faster than
Ski 78% 38%
Push 85% 19%
Pull 25% 47%
BBJ 77% 49%
Row 53% 58%
Carry 88% 60%
Lunges 65% 67%
Wall balls 78% 87%
Roxzone 42% 70%
Runs 27% 84%

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

Part by part

Part Markus Ralf
SkiErg 78% 38%
Sled push 85% 19%
Sled pull 25% 47%
Burpee broad jump 77% 49%
Row 53% 58%
Farmers carry 88% 60%
Sandbag lunges 65% 67%
Wall balls 78% 87%
Roxzone (moving) 42% 70%
Runs (8 km) 27% 84%

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

Markus · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men1:25:57
4:134:255:012:175:525:406:044:236:144:405:491:335:504:307:035:167:15
Ralf · Hamburg 2025 · Open Men1:18:10
4:474:314:043:474:124:564:155:464:294:454:291:584:274:524:505:146:56
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.Markus · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men: 46:07 running, 32:44 at the stations and 7:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:40).Below, Ralf · Hamburg 2025 · Open Men: 35:32 running, 35:49 at the stations and 6:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:46).

See the numbers
Part Markus · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men Ralf · Hamburg 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:13 4:47
SkiErg 4:25 4:31
Run 2 5:01 4:04
Sled push 2:17 3:47
Run 3 5:52 4:12
Sled pull 5:40 4:56
Run 4 6:04 4:15
Burpee broad jump 4:23 5:46
Run 5 6:14 4:29
Row 4:40 4:45
Run 6 5:49 4:29
Farmers carry 1:33 1:58
Run 7 5:50 4:27
Sandbag lunges 4:30 4:52
Run 8 7:03 4:50
Wall balls 5:16 5:14
Roxzone 7:15 6:56
Finish 1:25:57 1:18:10

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Markus Ralf Gap
Karlsruhe 2026 Doubles Men · 1 Oct 2026 1:36:18 1:18:11 18:07 · Ralf faster
Frankfurt 2024 Open Men · 14 Dec 2024 1:25:57 1:25:57 level
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