Dirk vs Gerrit
RSA · Open Men · 4 results Dirk Herbst
RSA · Pro Men · 5 results Gerrit van Wyk
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Dirk: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Gerrit: Cape Town 2024, Open Men
no splitBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
This chart shows where Dirk and Gerrit sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Dirk: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 80%).Gerrit: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 57%).
See the numbers
| Part | Dirk: faster than | Gerrit: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 99% | 99% |
| Push | 98% | 57% |
| Pull | 99% | no split |
| BBJ | 94% | 63% |
| Row | 99% | 96% |
| Carry | 80% | 92% |
| Lunges | 96% | 84% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 66% |
| Roxzone | 96% | 98% |
| Runs | 96% | 98% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Dirk | Gerrit |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 99% | 99% |
| Sled push | 98% | 57% |
| Sled pull | 99% | — |
| Burpee broad jump | 94% | 63% |
| Row | 99% | 96% |
| Farmers carry | 80% | 92% |
| Sandbag lunges | 96% | 84% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 66% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 96% | 98% |
| Runs (8 km) | 96% | 98% |
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.Dirk · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 34:55 running, 28:38 at the stations and 5:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (4:28).Below, Gerrit · Cape Town 2024 · Open Men: 32:44 running, 27:10 at the stations and 4:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:51).
See the numbers
| Part | Dirk · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men | Gerrit · Cape Town 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:24 | 3:53 |
| SkiErg | 4:04 | 3:49 |
| Run 2 | 3:30 | 3:56 |
| Sled push | 2:03 | 2:04 |
| Run 3 | 4:15 | 4:11 |
| Sled pull | 3:29 | — |
| Run 4 | 3:57 | 4:02 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:28 | 5:15 |
| Run 5 | 3:58 | 4:17 |
| Row | 4:26 | 4:21 |
| Run 6 | 3:58 | 4:01 |
| Farmers carry | 2:00 | 1:39 |
| Run 7 | 3:51 | 4:05 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:49 | 4:10 |
| Run 8 | 6:01 | 4:20 |
| Wall balls | 4:19 | 5:51 |
| Roxzone | 5:29 | 4:29 |
| Finish | 1:08:55 | 1:05:59 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Dirk | Gerrit | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 | 1:08:55 | 1:08:48 | 0:07 · Gerrit faster |
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