Markus vs Simon

GER GER · Open Men · 2 results

Markus Kerwer

1:18:34 best Open Men time · Vienna 2025
686th of 1,356 place in that race · 1,356 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Simon Taylor

1:12:10 best Open Men time · Málaga 2026
508th of 2,072 place in that race · 2,072 Open Men finishers

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

Markus: Vienna 2025, Open Men · Simon: Málaga 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Markus and Simon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Markus: strongest on Lunges (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 25%).Simon: strongest on Carry (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 47%).

See the numbers
Part Markus: faster than Simon: faster than
Ski 25% 91%
Push 31% 52%
Pull 58% 86%
BBJ 82% 57%
Row 56% 91%
Carry 82% 92%
Lunges 88% 47%
Wall balls 50% 54%
Roxzone 44% 70%
Runs 34% 78%

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

Part by part

Part Markus Simon
SkiErg 25% 91%
Sled push 31% 52%
Sled pull 58% 86%
Burpee broad jump 82% 57%
Row 56% 91%
Farmers carry 82% 92%
Sandbag lunges 88% 47%
Wall balls 50% 54%
Roxzone (moving) 44% 70%
Runs (8 km) 34% 78%

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

Markus · Vienna 2025 · Open Men1:18:34
5:354:305:152:515:233:565:183:495:144:375:001:355:193:315:435:285:38
Simon · Málaga 2026 · Open Men1:12:10
3:564:074:112:534:183:414:184:554:224:294:211:334:265:044:255:565:23
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.Markus · Vienna 2025 · Open Men: 42:47 running, 30:17 at the stations and 5:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:28).Below, Simon · Málaga 2026 · Open Men: 34:17 running, 32:38 at the stations and 5:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:56).

See the numbers
Part Markus · Vienna 2025 · Open Men Simon · Málaga 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:35 3:56
SkiErg 4:30 4:07
Run 2 5:15 4:11
Sled push 2:51 2:53
Run 3 5:23 4:18
Sled pull 3:56 3:41
Run 4 5:18 4:18
Burpee broad jump 3:49 4:55
Run 5 5:14 4:22
Row 4:37 4:29
Run 6 5:00 4:21
Farmers carry 1:35 1:33
Run 7 5:19 4:26
Sandbag lunges 3:31 5:04
Run 8 5:43 4:25
Wall balls 5:28 5:56
Roxzone 5:38 5:23
Finish 1:18:34 1:12:10

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Markus Simon Gap
Vienna 2025 Open Men · 22 Feb 2025 1:18:34 1:18:31 0:03 · Simon faster
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