Josef vs Volker
Josef Köppel
Volker Ley
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Josef: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Volker: Stuttgart 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Josef and Volker sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Josef: strongest on Runs (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 7%).Volker: strongest on Push (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 4%).
See the numbers
| Part | Josef: faster than | Volker: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 32% | 11% |
| Push | 44% | 68% |
| Pull | 40% | 50% |
| BBJ | 7% | 35% |
| Row | 27% | 6% |
| Carry | 15% | 17% |
| Lunges | 7% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 4% |
| Roxzone | 43% | 47% |
| Runs | 46% | 39% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Josef | Volker |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 32% | 11% |
| Sled push | 44% | 68% |
| Sled pull | 40% | 50% |
| Burpee broad jump | 7% | 35% |
| Row | 27% | 6% |
| Farmers carry | 15% | 17% |
| Sandbag lunges | 7% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 4% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 43% | 47% |
| Runs (8 km) | 46% | 39% |
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.Josef · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 43:45 running, 47:04 at the stations and 6:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:13).Below, Volker · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men: 40:34 running, 46:16 at the stations and 9:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:02) and the shortest the sled push (2:35).
See the numbers
| Part | Josef · Cologne 2026 · Open Men | Volker · Stuttgart 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:11 | 5:07 |
| SkiErg | 4:39 | 4:54 |
| Run 2 | 5:14 | 4:35 |
| Sled push | 3:20 | 2:35 |
| Run 3 | 5:33 | 4:55 |
| Sled pull | 4:43 | 4:44 |
| Run 4 | 5:47 | 4:56 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:13 | 6:09 |
| Run 5 | 6:11 | 5:09 |
| Row | 5:11 | 5:26 |
| Run 6 | 5:40 | 4:54 |
| Farmers carry | 2:31 | 2:40 |
| Run 7 | 5:50 | 5:04 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:23 | 5:47 |
| Run 8 | 5:20 | 5:54 |
| Wall balls | 9:04 | 14:02 |
| Roxzone | 6:49 | 9:54 |
| Finish | 1:37:30 | 1:36:37 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Josef | Volker | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 | 1:44:00 | 1:37:05 | 6:55 · Volker faster |
| Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 | 1:37:30 | 1:37:05 | 0:25 · Volker faster |
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