Volker vs Erik

GER GER · Open Men · 14 results

Volker Schmitz

1:11:33 best Pro Men time · Stockholm 2026
484th of 767 place in that race · 767 Pro Men finishers
BEL BEL · Pro Men · 3 results

Erik Slabbinck

1:13:04 best Pro Men time · Karlsruhe 2026
79th of 320 place in that race · 320 Pro Men finishers

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

Volker: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Erik: Stuttgart 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Volker and Erik 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%).Erik: strongest on Carry (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 39%).

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Part Volker: faster than Erik: faster than
Ski 96% 39%
Push 63% 42%
Pull 80% 83%
BBJ 49% 77%
Row 94% 90%
Carry 95% 98%
Lunges 90% 92%
Wall balls 94% 93%
Roxzone 96% 90%
Runs 97% 82%

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

Part by part

Part Volker Erik
SkiErg 96% 39%
Sled push 63% 42%
Sled pull 80% 83%
Burpee broad jump 49% 77%
Row 94% 90%
Farmers carry 95% 98%
Sandbag lunges 90% 92%
Wall balls 94% 93%
Roxzone (moving) 96% 90%
Runs (8 km) 97% 82%

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
Erik · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men1:11:45
4:194:333:552:564:173:584:044:284:244:244:051:254:213:444:304:567:34
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, Erik · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men: 33:55 running, 30:24 at the stations and 7:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:56).

See the numbers
Part Volker · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Erik · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:13 4:19
SkiErg 4:04 4:33
Run 2 4:02 3:55
Sled push 3:02 2:56
Run 3 4:11 4:17
Sled pull 3:46 3:58
Run 4 4:14 4:04
Burpee broad jump 5:31 4:28
Run 5 4:21 4:24
Row 4:24 4:24
Run 6 4:16 4:05
Farmers carry 1:28 1:25
Run 7 4:19 4:21
Sandbag lunges 3:50 3:44
Run 8 3:52 4:30
Wall balls 4:46 4:56
Roxzone 4:28 7:34
Finish 1:07:38 1:11:45

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Volker Erik Gap
Karlsruhe 2026 Pro Men · 1 Oct 2026 1:12:51 1:13:04 0:13 · Volker faster
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