Max vs Abel

GER GER · Open Men · 4 results

Max Strack-Zimmermann

1:08:47 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
27th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Abel Tristan van Dam

1:08:25 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
25th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Max: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Abel: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

50% SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MaxAbeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Max and Abel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Max: strongest on BBJ (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 52%).Abel: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 86%).

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Part Max: faster than Abel: faster than
Ski 86% 98%
Push 75% 86%
Pull 85% 99%
BBJ 98% 86%
Row 92% 99%
Carry 52% 92%
Lunges 95% 98%
Wall balls 97% 93%
Roxzone 95% 89%
Runs 93% 92%

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

Part by part

Part Max Abel
SkiErg 86% 98%
Sled push 75% 86%
Sled pull 85% 99%
Burpee broad jump 98% 86%
Row 92% 99%
Farmers carry 52% 92%
Sandbag lunges 95% 98%
Wall balls 97% 93%
Roxzone (moving) 95% 89%
Runs (8 km) 93% 92%

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

Max · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:08:47
2:594:124:212:294:553:514:523:154:524:264:412:214:553:534:384:233:52
Abel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:08:25
3:114:004:282:174:353:004:434:214:503:594:451:444:553:344:554:544:21
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.Max · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 36:13 running, 28:49 at the stations and 3:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:26).Below, Abel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 36:22 running, 27:49 at the stations and 4:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:54).

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Part Max · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Abel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:59 3:11
SkiErg 4:12 4:00
Run 2 4:21 4:28
Sled push 2:29 2:17
Run 3 4:55 4:35
Sled pull 3:51 3:00
Run 4 4:52 4:43
Burpee broad jump 3:15 4:21
Run 5 4:52 4:50
Row 4:26 3:59
Run 6 4:41 4:45
Farmers carry 2:21 1:44
Run 7 4:55 4:55
Sandbag lunges 3:53 3:34
Run 8 4:38 4:55
Wall balls 4:23 4:54
Roxzone 3:52 4:21
Finish 1:08:47 1:08:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Max Abel Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:08:47 1:08:25 0:22 · Abel faster
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