Stefan vs Stephan

GER GER · Open Men · 4 results

Stefan Mertens

1:21:58 best Open Men time · Frankfurt 2024
641st of 1,480 place in that race · 1,480 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 3 results

Stephan Kempka

1:16:14 best Open Men time · Frankfurt 2024
384th of 1,480 place in that race · 1,480 Open Men finishers

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

Stefan: Frankfurt 2024, Open Men · Stephan: Frankfurt 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Stefan and Stephan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stefan: strongest on Pull (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 39%).Stephan: strongest on BBJ (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 6%).

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Part Stefan: faster than Stephan: faster than
Ski 83% 6%
Push 69% 59%
Pull 85% 57%
BBJ 56% 90%
Row 73% 31%
Carry 70% 46%
Lunges 42% 43%
Wall balls 73% 50%
Roxzone 71% 82%
Runs 39% 82%

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

Part by part

Part Stefan Stephan
SkiErg 83% 6%
Sled push 69% 59%
Sled pull 85% 57%
Burpee broad jump 56% 90%
Row 73% 31%
Farmers carry 70% 46%
Sandbag lunges 42% 43%
Wall balls 73% 50%
Roxzone (moving) 71% 82%
Runs (8 km) 39% 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

Stefan · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men1:21:58
4:164:225:002:315:183:525:215:085:594:305:341:455:385:096:195:285:56
Stephan · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men1:16:14
3:545:174:252:394:294:404:323:474:464:544:282:004:285:064:556:345:28
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.Stefan · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men: 43:25 running, 32:46 at the stations and 5:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:28).Below, Stephan · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men: 35:58 running, 34:57 at the stations and 5:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:34).

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Part Stefan · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men Stephan · Frankfurt 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 4:16 3:54
SkiErg 4:22 5:17
Run 2 5:00 4:25
Sled push 2:31 2:39
Run 3 5:18 4:29
Sled pull 3:52 4:40
Run 4 5:21 4:32
Burpee broad jump 5:08 3:47
Run 5 5:59 4:46
Row 4:30 4:54
Run 6 5:34 4:28
Farmers carry 1:45 2:00
Run 7 5:38 4:28
Sandbag lunges 5:09 5:06
Run 8 6:19 4:55
Wall balls 5:28 6:34
Roxzone 5:56 5:28
Finish 1:21:58 1:16:14

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Stefan Stephan Gap
Frankfurt 2025 Open Men · 12 Dec 2025 1:27:03 1:27:00 0:03 · Stephan faster
Frankfurt 2024 Open Men · 14 Dec 2024 1:21:58 1:16:14 5:44 · Stephan faster
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