Michael vs Paul

GER GER · Open Men · 6 results

Michael Achsenick

1:39:06 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
1086th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 5 results

Paul Gummelt

1:39:05 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
1084th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Michael: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Paul: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 12%).Paul: strongest on Ski (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 14%).

See the numbers
Part Michael: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 81% 63%
Push 88% 59%
Pull 77% 52%
BBJ 87% 14%
Row 42% 43%
Carry 66% 36%
Lunges 45% 46%
Wall balls 21% 55%
Roxzone 18% 19%
Runs 12% 16%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Paul
SkiErg 81% 63%
Sled push 88% 59%
Sled pull 77% 52%
Burpee broad jump 87% 14%
Row 42% 43%
Farmers carry 66% 36%
Sandbag lunges 45% 46%
Wall balls 21% 55%
Roxzone (moving) 18% 19%
Runs (8 km) 12% 16%

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

Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:39:06
4:524:156:232:366:453:517:004:117:164:587:061:497:235:197:129:538:26
Paul · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:39:05
4:384:235:493:066:394:256:497:547:174:576:472:076:525:176:586:588:18
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.Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 53:57 running, 36:52 at the stations and 8:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:53).Below, Paul · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 51:49 running, 39:07 at the stations and 8:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:54).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Paul · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:52 4:38
SkiErg 4:15 4:23
Run 2 6:23 5:49
Sled push 2:36 3:06
Run 3 6:45 6:39
Sled pull 3:51 4:25
Run 4 7:00 6:49
Burpee broad jump 4:11 7:54
Run 5 7:16 7:17
Row 4:58 4:57
Run 6 7:06 6:47
Farmers carry 1:49 2:07
Run 7 7:23 6:52
Sandbag lunges 5:19 5:17
Run 8 7:12 6:58
Wall balls 9:53 6:58
Roxzone 8:26 8:18
Finish 1:39:06 1:39:05

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Paul Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:39:06 1:39:05 0:01 · Paul faster
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