Sam vs James

AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Sam Gerke

1:17:44 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
980th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

James Markey

1:12:19 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
496th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Sam: Sydney 2026, Open Men · James: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sam and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sam: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 43%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 52%).

See the numbers
Part Sam: faster than James: faster than
Ski 62% 52%
Push 50% 91%
Pull 56% 74%
BBJ 43% 75%
Row 66% 78%
Carry 43% 96%
Lunges 62% 55%
Wall balls 73% 91%
Roxzone 85% 86%
Runs 74% 74%

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

Part by part

Part Sam James
SkiErg 62% 52%
Sled push 50% 91%
Sled pull 56% 74%
Burpee broad jump 43% 75%
Row 66% 78%
Farmers carry 43% 96%
Sandbag lunges 62% 55%
Wall balls 73% 91%
Roxzone (moving) 85% 86%
Runs (8 km) 74% 74%

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

Sam · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:17:44
4:024:214:092:374:194:174:186:034:294:364:142:104:155:096:025:447:05
James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:12:19
4:584:344:232:234:383:494:394:464:494:334:491:544:254:535:234:322:55
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.Sam · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 35:47 running, 34:57 at the stations and 7:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:03).Below, James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 38:04 running, 31:24 at the stations and 2:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (4:53).

See the numbers
Part Sam · Sydney 2026 · Open Men James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:02 4:58
SkiErg 4:21 4:34
Run 2 4:09 4:23
Sled push 2:37 2:23
Run 3 4:19 4:38
Sled pull 4:17 3:49
Run 4 4:18 4:39
Burpee broad jump 6:03 4:46
Run 5 4:29 4:49
Row 4:36 4:33
Run 6 4:14 4:49
Farmers carry 2:10 1:54
Run 7 4:15 4:25
Sandbag lunges 5:09 4:53
Run 8 6:02 5:23
Wall balls 5:44 4:32
Roxzone 7:05 2:55
Finish 1:17:44 1:12:19

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sam James Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:17:44 1:17:45 0:01 · Sam faster
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