Markus vs Ralf
Markus Schäfer
Ralf Müller
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Markus: Frankfurt 2024, Open Men · Ralf: Hamburg 2025, Open Men
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%).
See the numbers
| 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
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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