Stefan vs Michel
Stefan Retzlaff
Michel Assmann
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Stefan: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Michel: Maastricht 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Stefan and Michel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stefan: strongest on Carry (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 8%).Michel: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | Stefan: faster than | Michel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 25% | 25% |
| Push | 29% | 3% |
| Pull | 38% | 46% |
| BBJ | 19% | 10% |
| Row | 18% | 40% |
| Carry | 55% | 52% |
| Lunges | 22% | 8% |
| Wall balls | 55% | 18% |
| Roxzone | 8% | 54% |
| Runs | 39% | 38% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Stefan | Michel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 25% | 25% |
| Sled push | 29% | 3% |
| Sled pull | 38% | 46% |
| Burpee broad jump | 19% | 10% |
| Row | 18% | 40% |
| Farmers carry | 55% | 52% |
| Sandbag lunges | 22% | 8% |
| Wall balls | 55% | 18% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 8% | 54% |
| Runs (8 km) | 39% | 38% |
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.Stefan · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 44:59 running, 41:17 at the stations and 10:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:25).Below, Michel · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men: 37:57 running, 43:19 at the stations and 6:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:05).
See the numbers
| Part | Stefan · Cologne 2026 · Open Men | Michel · Maastricht 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:22 | 6:39 |
| SkiErg | 4:44 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 5:19 | 4:43 |
| Sled push | 3:37 | 4:12 |
| Run 3 | 5:41 | 5:06 |
| Sled pull | 4:47 | 4:26 |
| Run 4 | 5:43 | 5:05 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:25 | 8:05 |
| Run 5 | 6:05 | — |
| Row | 5:21 | 4:52 |
| Run 6 | 6:00 | 5:21 |
| Farmers carry | 1:56 | 1:57 |
| Run 7 | 6:00 | 5:32 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:28 | 7:30 |
| Run 8 | 5:49 | 5:31 |
| Wall balls | 6:59 | 7:38 |
| Roxzone | 10:12 | 6:54 |
| Finish | 1:36:19 | 1:34:11 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Stefan | Michel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg Hamb Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 | 1:38:44 | 1:38:42 | 0:02 · Michel faster |
| Hamburg 2025 Doubles Men · 3 Oct 2025 | 1:19:13 | 1:21:23 | 2:10 · Stefan faster |
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