Bennet vs Michael

GER GER · Open Men · 2 results

Bennet Strese

1:18:11 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
393rd of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Rössler

1:18:01 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
391st of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Bennet: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Michael: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Bennet and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Bennet: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 51%).Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 57%).

See the numbers
Part Bennet: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 75% 57%
Push 97% 73%
Pull 69% 82%
BBJ 68% 78%
Row 75% 71%
Carry 70% 62%
Lunges 85% 65%
Wall balls 65% 61%
Roxzone 51% 77%
Runs 70% 71%

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

Part by part

Part Bennet Michael
SkiErg 75% 57%
Sled push 97% 73%
Sled pull 69% 82%
Burpee broad jump 68% 78%
Row 75% 71%
Farmers carry 70% 62%
Sandbag lunges 85% 65%
Wall balls 65% 61%
Roxzone (moving) 51% 77%
Runs (8 km) 70% 71%

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

Bennet · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:18:11
3:324:184:382:175:254:015:184:525:274:395:161:465:054:024:506:256:27
Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:18:01
3:484:264:472:535:143:445:124:305:154:415:041:525:044:424:576:385:22
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.Bennet · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 39:31 running, 32:20 at the stations and 6:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:25).Below, Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 39:21 running, 33:25 at the stations and 5:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:38).

See the numbers
Part Bennet · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Michael · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:32 3:48
SkiErg 4:18 4:26
Run 2 4:38 4:47
Sled push 2:17 2:53
Run 3 5:25 5:14
Sled pull 4:01 3:44
Run 4 5:18 5:12
Burpee broad jump 4:52 4:30
Run 5 5:27 5:15
Row 4:39 4:41
Run 6 5:16 5:04
Farmers carry 1:46 1:52
Run 7 5:05 5:04
Sandbag lunges 4:02 4:42
Run 8 4:50 4:57
Wall balls 6:25 6:38
Roxzone 6:27 5:22
Finish 1:18:11 1:18:01

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Bennet Michael Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:18:11 1:18:01 0:10 · Michael faster
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