Markus vs Alex

GER GER · Open Men · 3 results

Markus Gunnesch

1:59:36 best Open Men time · Berlin 2025
2547th of 2,599 place in that race · 2,599 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Alex Ripberger

2:26:21 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
1438th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Markus: Berlin 2025, Open Men · Alex: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Markus and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Markus: strongest on Carry (faster than 22% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 0%).Alex: strongest on Carry (faster than 7% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).

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Part Markus: faster than Alex: faster than
Ski 0% 4%
Push 7% 6%
Pull 4% 4%
BBJ 15% 2%
Row 3% 2%
Carry 22% 7%
Lunges 14% 3%
Wall balls 2% 1%
Roxzone 3% 2%
Runs 1% 2%

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

Part by part

Part Markus Alex
SkiErg 0% 4%
Sled push 7% 6%
Sled pull 4% 4%
Burpee broad jump 15% 2%
Row 3% 2%
Farmers carry 22% 7%
Sandbag lunges 14% 3%
Wall balls 2% 1%
Roxzone (moving) 3% 2%
Runs (8 km) 1% 2%

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

Markus · Berlin 2025 · Open Men1:59:36
5:205:516:333:526:586:456:557:126:535:356:492:296:396:479:1012:5313:02
Alex · Cologne 2026 · Open Men2:26:21
5:255:129:154:4110:236:588:0411:067:476:168:042:508:049:359:1320:0713:30
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.Markus · Berlin 2025 · Open Men: 55:17 running, 51:23 at the stations and 13:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:53).Below, Alex · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 1:06:16 running, 1:06:45 at the stations and 13:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (20:07).

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Part Markus · Berlin 2025 · Open Men Alex · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:20 5:25
SkiErg 5:51 5:12
Run 2 6:33 9:15
Sled push 3:52 4:41
Run 3 6:58 10:23
Sled pull 6:45 6:58
Run 4 6:55 8:04
Burpee broad jump 7:12 11:06
Run 5 6:53 7:47
Row 5:35 6:16
Run 6 6:49 8:04
Farmers carry 2:29 2:50
Run 7 6:39 8:04
Sandbag lunges 6:47 9:35
Run 8 9:10 9:13
Wall balls 12:53 20:07
Roxzone 13:02 13:30
Finish 1:59:36 2:26:21

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Markus Alex Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 2:23:03 2:26:21 3:18 · Markus faster
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