Carsten vs Pawel

GER GER · Open Men · 2 results

Carsten Sesterhenn

1:26:47 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
714th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 3 results

Pawel Astankow

1:26:49 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
716th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Carsten: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Pawel: Cologne 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
CarstenPaweledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Carsten and Pawel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Carsten: strongest on Push (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 27%).Pawel: strongest on Lunges (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 30%).

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Part Carsten: faster than Pawel: faster than
Ski 32% 63%
Push 75% 57%
Pull 60% 30%
BBJ 27% 60%
Row 49% 63%
Carry 44% 60%
Lunges 41% 78%
Wall balls 48% 77%
Roxzone 49% 45%
Runs 55% 35%

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

Part by part

Part Carsten Pawel
SkiErg 32% 63%
Sled push 75% 57%
Sled pull 60% 30%
Burpee broad jump 27% 60%
Row 49% 63%
Farmers carry 44% 60%
Sandbag lunges 41% 78%
Wall balls 48% 77%
Roxzone (moving) 49% 45%
Runs (8 km) 55% 35%

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

Carsten · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:26:47
4:074:395:092:515:344:135:396:445:264:535:212:025:315:295:157:316:30
Pawel · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:26:49
4:234:235:383:075:555:015:515:086:174:456:101:536:004:175:425:486:40
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.Carsten · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 42:02 running, 38:22 at the stations and 6:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:31).Below, Pawel · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 45:56 running, 34:22 at the stations and 6:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:48).

See the numbers
Part Carsten · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Pawel · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:07 4:23
SkiErg 4:39 4:23
Run 2 5:09 5:38
Sled push 2:51 3:07
Run 3 5:34 5:55
Sled pull 4:13 5:01
Run 4 5:39 5:51
Burpee broad jump 6:44 5:08
Run 5 5:26 6:17
Row 4:53 4:45
Run 6 5:21 6:10
Farmers carry 2:02 1:53
Run 7 5:31 6:00
Sandbag lunges 5:29 4:17
Run 8 5:15 5:42
Wall balls 7:31 5:48
Roxzone 6:30 6:40
Finish 1:26:47 1:26:49

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Carsten Pawel Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:26:47 1:26:49 0:02 · Carsten faster
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