Volker vs Alexej

GER GER · Open Men · 14 results

Volker Schmitz

1:07:38 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
72nd of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Pro Men · 2 results

Alexej Kanygin

1:04:59 best Open Men time · Berlin 2026
146th of 4,143 place in that race · 4,143 Open Men finishers

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

Volker: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Alexej: Berlin 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Volker and Alexej sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Volker: strongest on Runs (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 49%).Alexej: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 75%).

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Part Volker: faster than Alexej: faster than
Ski 96% 99%
Push 63% 95%
Pull 80% 83%
BBJ 49% 75%
Row 94% 95%
Carry 95% 96%
Lunges 90% 86%
Wall balls 94% 97%
Roxzone 96% 97%
Runs 97% 97%

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

Part by part

Part Volker Alexej
SkiErg 96% 99%
Sled push 63% 95%
Sled pull 80% 83%
Burpee broad jump 49% 75%
Row 94% 95%
Farmers carry 95% 96%
Sandbag lunges 90% 86%
Wall balls 94% 97%
Roxzone (moving) 96% 97%
Runs (8 km) 97% 97%

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

Volker · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:07:38
3:134:044:023:024:113:464:145:314:214:244:161:284:193:503:524:464:28
Alexej · Berlin 2026 · Open Men1:04:59
2:453:513:032:223:123:323:104:393:124:193:181:383:154:064:294:0910:07
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.Volker · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 32:28 running, 30:52 at the stations and 4:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:31).Below, Alexej · Berlin 2026 · Open Men: 26:24 running, 28:36 at the stations and 10:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:39).

See the numbers
Part Volker · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Alexej · Berlin 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:13 2:45
SkiErg 4:04 3:51
Run 2 4:02 3:03
Sled push 3:02 2:22
Run 3 4:11 3:12
Sled pull 3:46 3:32
Run 4 4:14 3:10
Burpee broad jump 5:31 4:39
Run 5 4:21 3:12
Row 4:24 4:19
Run 6 4:16 3:18
Farmers carry 1:28 1:38
Run 7 4:19 3:15
Sandbag lunges 3:50 4:06
Run 8 3:52 4:29
Wall balls 4:46 4:09
Roxzone 4:28 10:07
Finish 1:07:38 1:04:59

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Volker Alexej Gap
Karlsruhe 2026 Pro Men · 1 Oct 2026 1:12:51 1:13:38 0:47 · Volker faster
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