Dennis vs Merlin

GER GER · Open Men · 1 result

Dennis Schiemann

1:44:20 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
1195th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 5 results

Merlin Moelter

1:44:21 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
1196th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers

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

Dennis: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Merlin: Cologne 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Dennis and Merlin sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Dennis: strongest on Carry (faster than 33% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 7%).Merlin: strongest on Runs (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 7%).

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Part Dennis: faster than Merlin: faster than
Ski 8% 18%
Push 18% 16%
Pull 24% 14%
BBJ 33% 12%
Row 14% 19%
Carry 33% 7%
Lunges 24% 8%
Wall balls 17% 7%
Roxzone 7% 20%
Runs 23% 47%

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

Part by part

Part Dennis Merlin
SkiErg 8% 18%
Sled push 18% 16%
Sled pull 24% 14%
Burpee broad jump 33% 12%
Row 14% 19%
Farmers carry 33% 7%
Sandbag lunges 24% 8%
Wall balls 17% 7%
Roxzone (moving) 7% 20%
Runs (8 km) 23% 47%

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

Dennis · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:44:20
5:125:045:583:586:135:146:236:236:255:266:122:106:276:206:1410:2510:26
Merlin · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:44:21
3:354:495:204:016:205:496:028:176:095:205:202:495:458:065:0613:288:12
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.Dennis · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 49:04 running, 45:00 at the stations and 10:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:25).Below, Merlin · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 43:36 running, 52:40 at the stations and 8:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:28).

See the numbers
Part Dennis · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Merlin · Cologne 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:12 3:35
SkiErg 5:04 4:49
Run 2 5:58 5:20
Sled push 3:58 4:01
Run 3 6:13 6:20
Sled pull 5:14 5:49
Run 4 6:23 6:02
Burpee broad jump 6:23 8:17
Run 5 6:25 6:09
Row 5:26 5:20
Run 6 6:12 5:20
Farmers carry 2:10 2:49
Run 7 6:27 5:45
Sandbag lunges 6:20 8:06
Run 8 6:14 5:06
Wall balls 10:25 13:28
Roxzone 10:26 8:12
Finish 1:44:20 1:44:21

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Dennis Merlin Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:44:20 1:44:21 0:01 · Dennis faster
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