Gareth vs Marco
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Gareth Smithdorf
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Marco Valente
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Gareth: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Marco: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Gareth and Marco sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gareth: strongest on Push (faster than 38% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).Marco: strongest on Ski (faster than 59% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 2%).
See the numbers
| Part | Gareth: faster than | Marco: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 3% | 59% |
| Push | 38% | 52% |
| Pull | 12% | 47% |
| BBJ | 8% | 5% |
| Row | 8% | 7% |
| Carry | 7% | 33% |
| Lunges | 1% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 41% |
| Roxzone | 11% | 15% |
| Runs | 7% | 2% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Gareth | Marco |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 3% | 59% |
| Sled push | 38% | 52% |
| Sled pull | 12% | 47% |
| Burpee broad jump | 8% | 5% |
| Row | 8% | 7% |
| Farmers carry | 7% | 33% |
| Sandbag lunges | 1% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 41% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 11% | 15% |
| Runs (8 km) | 7% | 2% |
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.Gareth · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:09:31 running, 1:00:34 at the stations and 10:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (14:02) and the shortest the sled push (3:32).Below, Marco · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:18:56 running, 50:06 at the stations and 9:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (11:20).
See the numbers
| Part | Gareth · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Marco · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:01 | 8:16 |
| SkiErg | 5:24 | 4:27 |
| Run 2 | 7:00 | 8:23 |
| Sled push | 3:32 | 3:09 |
| Run 3 | 9:55 | 8:29 |
| Sled pull | 7:32 | 5:34 |
| Run 4 | 8:42 | 8:55 |
| Burpee broad jump | 10:48 | 11:20 |
| Run 5 | 8:48 | 10:16 |
| Row | 5:56 | 6:03 |
| Run 6 | 9:07 | 9:33 |
| Farmers carry | 3:39 | 2:34 |
| Run 7 | 9:08 | 9:40 |
| Sandbag lunges | 14:02 | 8:14 |
| Run 8 | 9:49 | 15:24 |
| Wall balls | 9:42 | 8:45 |
| Roxzone | 10:18 | 9:47 |
| Finish | 2:20:20 | 2:18:39 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Gareth | Marco | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 | 2:20:20 | 2:18:39 | 1:41 · Marco faster |
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