David vs Gordon

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

David Thompson

2:14:13 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
609th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Gordon Lishman

2:15:31 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
611th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

David: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Gordon: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJ
no split
RowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
DavidGordonedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where David and Gordon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Ski (faster than 38% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 0%).Gordon: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 1%).

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Part David: faster than Gordon: faster than
Ski 38% 5%
Push 26% 29%
Pull 26% 34%
BBJ no split 19%
Row 26% 1%
Carry 4% 99%
Lunges 22% 2%
Wall balls 22% 14%
Roxzone 0% 8%
Runs 7% 5%

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

Part by part

Part David Gordon
SkiErg 38% 5%
Sled push 26% 29%
Sled pull 26% 34%
Burpee broad jump — 19%
Row 26% 1%
Farmers carry 4% 99%
Sandbag lunges 22% 2%
Wall balls 22% 14%
Roxzone (moving) 0% 8%
Runs (8 km) 7% 5%

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

David · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men2:14:13
4:464:396:413:229:425:548:268:425:228:574:098:367:399:4910:4526:26
Gordon · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men2:15:31
4:575:246:483:189:365:279:108:148:366:328:211:1010:5113:279:4812:1811:37
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.David · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:05:39 running, 41:50 at the stations and 26:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:45) and the shortest the sled push (3:22).Below, Gordon · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:08:07 running, 55:50 at the stations and 11:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (13:27).

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Part David · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Gordon · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:46 4:57
SkiErg 4:39 5:24
Run 2 6:41 6:48
Sled push 3:22 3:18
Run 3 9:42 9:36
Sled pull 5:54 5:27
Run 4 8:26 9:10
Burpee broad jump — 8:14
Run 5 8:42 8:36
Row 5:22 6:32
Run 6 8:57 8:21
Farmers carry 4:09 1:10
Run 7 8:36 10:51
Sandbag lunges 7:39 13:27
Run 8 9:49 9:48
Wall balls 10:45 12:18
Roxzone 26:26 11:37
Finish 2:14:13 2:15:31

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race David Gordon Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 2:14:13 2:15:31 1:18 · David faster
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