Paul vs Rainer
Paul Muth
Rainer Kruse
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Paul: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Rainer: Berlin 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Paul and Rainer sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Ski (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 10%).Rainer: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 25% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul: faster than | Rainer: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 79% | 2% |
| Push | 15% | 7% |
| Pull | 15% | 1% |
| BBJ | 55% | 12% |
| Row | 46% | 2% |
| Carry | 27% | 24% |
| Lunges | 22% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 9% |
| Roxzone | 21% | 25% |
| Runs | 19% | 15% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Paul | Rainer |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 79% | 2% |
| Sled push | 15% | 7% |
| Sled pull | 15% | 1% |
| Burpee broad jump | 55% | 12% |
| Row | 46% | 2% |
| Farmers carry | 27% | 24% |
| Sandbag lunges | 22% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 9% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 21% | 25% |
| Runs (8 km) | 19% | 15% |
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
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.Paul · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 50:17 running, 44:59 at the stations and 8:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:02).Below, Rainer · Berlin 2025 · Open Men: 42:43 running, 48:42 at the stations and 9:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:34).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul · Cologne 2026 · Open Men | Rainer · Berlin 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:02 | 4:22 |
| SkiErg | 4:16 | 5:06 |
| Run 2 | 6:23 | 4:58 |
| Sled push | 4:06 | 3:50 |
| Run 3 | 6:44 | 5:03 |
| Sled pull | 5:41 | 8:01 |
| Run 4 | 6:26 | 5:15 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:19 | 7:30 |
| Run 5 | 6:47 | 5:25 |
| Row | 4:55 | 5:45 |
| Run 6 | 6:20 | 5:18 |
| Farmers carry | 2:15 | 2:27 |
| Run 7 | 6:35 | 5:22 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:25 | 6:29 |
| Run 8 | 7:02 | 6:59 |
| Wall balls | 12:02 | 9:34 |
| Roxzone | 8:05 | 9:37 |
| Finish | 1:43:14 | 1:40:51 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Paul | Rainer | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 | 1:43:14 | 1:43:11 | 0:03 · Rainer faster |
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