Marco vs Volker
GER · Open Men · 2 results Marco Schmitt
GER · Open Men · 3 results Volker Oetjen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Marco: Cologne 2026, Open Men · Volker: Cologne 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Marco and Volker sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Marco: strongest on BBJ (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 2%).Volker: strongest on Row (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 44%).
See the numbers
| Part | Marco: faster than | Volker: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 2% | 70% |
| Push | 19% | 48% |
| Pull | 31% | 46% |
| BBJ | 80% | 44% |
| Row | 17% | 86% |
| Carry | 29% | 81% |
| Lunges | 75% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 45% | 45% |
| Roxzone | 46% | 52% |
| Runs | 74% | 64% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Marco | Volker |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 2% | 70% |
| Sled push | 19% | 48% |
| Sled pull | 31% | 46% |
| Burpee broad jump | 80% | 44% |
| Row | 17% | 86% |
| Farmers carry | 29% | 81% |
| Sandbag lunges | 75% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 45% | 45% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 46% | 52% |
| Runs (8 km) | 74% | 64% |
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.Marco · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 38:41 running, 38:24 at the stations and 6:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:42).Below, Volker · Cologne 2026 · Open Men: 40:29 running, 36:50 at the stations and 6:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:43).
See the numbers
| Part | Marco · Cologne 2026 · Open Men | Volker · Cologne 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:08 | 4:03 |
| SkiErg | 5:23 | 4:20 |
| Run 2 | 4:51 | 4:53 |
| Sled push | 3:55 | 3:16 |
| Run 3 | 5:00 | 5:25 |
| Sled pull | 4:59 | 4:33 |
| Run 4 | 4:51 | 5:21 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:26 | 5:46 |
| Run 5 | 5:07 | 5:18 |
| Row | 5:22 | 4:33 |
| Run 6 | 5:00 | 5:17 |
| Farmers carry | 2:13 | 1:40 |
| Run 7 | 4:56 | 5:14 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:24 | 4:59 |
| Run 8 | 4:48 | 4:58 |
| Wall balls | 7:42 | 7:43 |
| Roxzone | 6:39 | 6:24 |
| Finish | 1:23:36 | 1:23:34 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Marco | Volker | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cologne 2026 Open Men · 16 Apr 2026 | 1:23:36 | 1:23:34 | 0:02 · Volker faster |
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