Thorsten vs Max
Thorsten Klingen
Max Buch
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Thorsten: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Max: Cologne 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Thorsten and Max sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thorsten: strongest on Row (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 41%).Max: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 16%).
See the numbers
| Part | Thorsten: faster than | Max: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 65% | 68% |
| Push | 41% | 47% |
| Pull | 44% | 39% |
| BBJ | 52% | 43% |
| Row | 78% | 63% |
| Carry | 60% | 44% |
| Lunges | 51% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 43% | 16% |
| Roxzone | 67% | 88% |
| Runs | 63% | 75% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Thorsten | Max |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 65% | 68% |
| Sled push | 41% | 47% |
| Sled pull | 44% | 39% |
| Burpee broad jump | 52% | 43% |
| Row | 78% | 63% |
| Farmers carry | 60% | 44% |
| Sandbag lunges | 51% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 43% | 16% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 67% | 88% |
| Runs (8 km) | 63% | 75% |
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.Thorsten · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 40:43 running, 37:13 at the stations and 5:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:51).Below, Max · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 38:25 running, 40:28 at the stations and 4:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:45).
See the numbers
| Part | Thorsten · Cologne 2026 · Open Men | Max · Cologne 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:12 | 3:42 |
| SkiErg | 4:22 | 4:21 |
| Run 2 | 5:09 | 4:44 |
| Sled push | 3:23 | 3:17 |
| Run 3 | 5:13 | 4:55 |
| Sled pull | 4:36 | 4:44 |
| Run 4 | 5:18 | 4:54 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:25 | 5:47 |
| Run 5 | 5:28 | 5:23 |
| Row | 4:37 | 4:45 |
| Run 6 | 5:06 | 4:48 |
| Farmers carry | 1:53 | 2:02 |
| Run 7 | 5:19 | 4:57 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:06 | 4:48 |
| Run 8 | 4:57 | 5:02 |
| Wall balls | 7:51 | 10:45 |
| Roxzone | 5:48 | 4:53 |
| Finish | 1:23:37 | 1:23:38 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Thorsten | Max | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 | 1:23:37 | 1:23:38 | 0:01 · Thorsten faster |
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