Cody vs Gerhard

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Cody Espeseth

1:53:26 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1787th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Gerhard van Niekerk

1:53:33 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1789th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Cody: Houston 2026, Open Men · Gerhard: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Cody and Gerhard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Cody: strongest on Push (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 9%).Gerhard: strongest on Ski (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 3%).

See the numbers
Part Cody: faster than Gerhard: faster than
Ski 30% 58%
Push 88% 29%
Pull 46% 43%
BBJ 9% 18%
Row 63% 53%
Carry 30% 17%
Lunges 23% 3%
Wall balls 30% 11%
Roxzone 29% 23%
Runs 14% 31%

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

Part by part

Part Cody Gerhard
SkiErg 30% 58%
Sled push 88% 29%
Sled pull 46% 43%
Burpee broad jump 9% 18%
Row 63% 53%
Farmers carry 30% 17%
Sandbag lunges 23% 3%
Wall balls 30% 11%
Roxzone (moving) 29% 23%
Runs (8 km) 14% 31%

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

Cody · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:53:26
7:164:536:282:297:045:507:009:177:154:527:062:346:567:018:039:2810:03
Gerhard · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:53:33
6:194:365:173:486:205:575:418:046:374:585:592:575:5511:006:5612:3910:38
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.Cody · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 57:08 running, 46:24 at the stations and 10:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:28) and the shortest the sled push (2:29).Below, Gerhard · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 49:04 running, 53:59 at the stations and 10:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:39).

See the numbers
Part Cody · Houston 2026 · Open Men Gerhard · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:16 6:19
SkiErg 4:53 4:36
Run 2 6:28 5:17
Sled push 2:29 3:48
Run 3 7:04 6:20
Sled pull 5:50 5:57
Run 4 7:00 5:41
Burpee broad jump 9:17 8:04
Run 5 7:15 6:37
Row 4:52 4:58
Run 6 7:06 5:59
Farmers carry 2:34 2:57
Run 7 6:56 5:55
Sandbag lunges 7:01 11:00
Run 8 8:03 6:56
Wall balls 9:28 12:39
Roxzone 10:03 10:38
Finish 1:53:26 1:53:33

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Cody Gerhard Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:53:26 1:53:33 0:07 · Cody faster
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