Frank vs Alexander

GER GER · Open Men · 6 results

Frank Polkähn

1:14:43 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
263rd of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Pro Men · 16 results

Alexander Ritter

1:12:35 best Open Men time · Frankfurt 2025
236th of 1,883 place in that race · 1,883 Open Men finishers

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

Frank: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Alexander: Frankfurt 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Frank and Alexander sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Frank: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 38%).Alexander: strongest on Lunges (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 64%).

See the numbers
Part Frank: faster than Alexander: faster than
Ski 72% 66%
Push 61% 66%
Pull 53% 88%
BBJ 66% 89%
Row 38% 70%
Carry 51% 92%
Lunges 59% 93%
Wall balls 85% 84%
Roxzone 88% 64%
Runs 86% 85%

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

Part by part

Part Frank Alexander
SkiErg 72% 66%
Sled push 61% 66%
Sled pull 53% 88%
Burpee broad jump 66% 89%
Row 38% 70%
Farmers carry 51% 92%
Sandbag lunges 59% 93%
Wall balls 85% 84%
Roxzone (moving) 88% 64%
Runs (8 km) 86% 85%

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

Frank · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:14:43
3:194:194:193:044:434:234:474:574:545:014:421:584:494:534:285:204:55
Alexander · Frankfurt 2025 · Open Men1:12:35
3:444:234:103:204:393:534:313:534:374:374:291:344:343:365:025:116:30
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.Frank · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 36:02 running, 33:55 at the stations and 4:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:20).Below, Alexander · Frankfurt 2025 · Open Men: 35:46 running, 30:26 at the stations and 6:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:11).

See the numbers
Part Frank · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Alexander · Frankfurt 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:19 3:44
SkiErg 4:19 4:23
Run 2 4:19 4:10
Sled push 3:04 3:20
Run 3 4:43 4:39
Sled pull 4:23 3:53
Run 4 4:47 4:31
Burpee broad jump 4:57 3:53
Run 5 4:54 4:37
Row 5:01 4:37
Run 6 4:42 4:29
Farmers carry 1:58 1:34
Run 7 4:49 4:34
Sandbag lunges 4:53 3:36
Run 8 4:28 5:02
Wall balls 5:20 5:11
Roxzone 4:55 6:30
Finish 1:14:43 1:12:35

Head to head: 3 races they both ran

Race Frank Alexander Gap
Berlin 2026 Pro Doubles Men · 22 May 2026 1:01:55 1:06:02 4:07 · Frank faster
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:14:43 1:14:40 0:03 · Alexander faster
Frankfurt 2025 Open Men · 12 Dec 2025 1:14:47 1:12:35 2:12 · Alexander faster
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