Mike vs Kai

GER GER · Open Men · 2 results

Mike Pelz

1:16:12 best Open Men time · Cologne 2026
313th of 1,452 place in that race · 1,452 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 10 results

Kai Schäfer

1:13:53 best Open Men time · Stuttgart 2024
126th of 770 place in that race · 770 Open Men finishers

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

Mike: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Kai: Stuttgart 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Mike and Kai sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mike: strongest on Row (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 41%).Kai: strongest on BBJ (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 52%).

See the numbers
Part Mike: faster than Kai: faster than
Ski 87% 65%
Push 88% 62%
Pull 77% 79%
BBJ 77% 89%
Row 88% 62%
Carry 41% 52%
Lunges 54% 52%
Wall balls 65% 77%
Roxzone 82% 88%
Runs 77% 85%

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

Part by part

Part Mike Kai
SkiErg 87% 65%
Sled push 88% 62%
Sled pull 77% 79%
Burpee broad jump 77% 89%
Row 88% 62%
Farmers carry 41% 52%
Sandbag lunges 54% 52%
Wall balls 65% 77%
Roxzone (moving) 82% 88%
Runs (8 km) 77% 85%

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

Mike · Cologne 2026 · Open Men1:16:12
3:444:114:362:364:393:524:534:325:034:315:042:045:105:024:486:245:11
Kai · Stuttgart 2024 · Open Men1:13:53
4:314:244:102:364:164:154:273:554:274:444:272:024:275:045:005:375:41
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.Mike · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 37:57 running, 33:12 at the stations and 5:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:24).Below, Kai · Stuttgart 2024 · Open Men: 35:46 running, 32:37 at the stations and 5:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:37).

See the numbers
Part Mike · Cologne 2026 · Open Men Kai · Stuttgart 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 3:44 4:31
SkiErg 4:11 4:24
Run 2 4:36 4:10
Sled push 2:36 2:36
Run 3 4:39 4:16
Sled pull 3:52 4:15
Run 4 4:53 4:27
Burpee broad jump 4:32 3:55
Run 5 5:03 4:27
Row 4:31 4:44
Run 6 5:04 4:27
Farmers carry 2:04 2:02
Run 7 5:10 4:27
Sandbag lunges 5:02 5:04
Run 8 4:48 5:00
Wall balls 6:24 5:37
Roxzone 5:11 5:41
Finish 1:16:12 1:13:53

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mike Kai Gap
Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 1:16:12 1:16:13 0:01 · Mike faster
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