Gerard vs Björn

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Gerard Bowman

1:32:12 best Open Men time · Berlin 2025
2130th of 2,599 place in that race · 2,599 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Björn Schmelter

1:32:13 best Open Men time · Berlin 2025
2131st of 2,599 place in that race · 2,599 Open Men finishers

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

Gerard: Berlin 2025, Open Men · Björn: Berlin 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Gerard and Björn sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gerard: strongest on Lunges (faster than 49% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 1%).Björn: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 1%).

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Part Gerard: faster than Björn: faster than
Ski 11% 2%
Push 1% 99%
Pull 23% 1%
BBJ 4% 41%
Row 23% 2%
Carry 24% 7%
Lunges 49% 44%
Wall balls 10% 21%
Roxzone 30% 12%
Runs 42% 30%

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

Part by part

Part Gerard Björn
SkiErg 11% 2%
Sled push 1% 99%
Sled pull 23% 1%
Burpee broad jump 4% 41%
Row 23% 2%
Farmers carry 24% 7%
Sandbag lunges 49% 44%
Wall balls 10% 21%
Roxzone (moving) 30% 12%
Runs (8 km) 42% 30%

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

Gerard · Berlin 2025 · Open Men1:32:12
3:494:484:264:434:365:024:369:154:424:574:302:274:385:035:599:239:25
Björn · Berlin 2025 · Open Men1:32:13
3:475:064:271:254:438:284:435:404:515:444:513:005:085:126:327:5410:49
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.Gerard · Berlin 2025 · Open Men: 37:16 running, 45:38 at the stations and 9:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:23).Below, Björn · Berlin 2025 · Open Men: 39:02 running, 42:29 at the stations and 10:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (8:28) and the shortest the sled push (1:25).

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Part Gerard · Berlin 2025 · Open Men Björn · Berlin 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:49 3:47
SkiErg 4:48 5:06
Run 2 4:26 4:27
Sled push 4:43 1:25
Run 3 4:36 4:43
Sled pull 5:02 8:28
Run 4 4:36 4:43
Burpee broad jump 9:15 5:40
Run 5 4:42 4:51
Row 4:57 5:44
Run 6 4:30 4:51
Farmers carry 2:27 3:00
Run 7 4:38 5:08
Sandbag lunges 5:03 5:12
Run 8 5:59 6:32
Wall balls 9:23 7:54
Roxzone 9:25 10:49
Finish 1:32:12 1:32:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Gerard Björn Gap
Berlin 2025 Open Men · 16 May 2025 1:32:12 1:32:13 0:01 · Gerard faster
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