David vs Gerald
USA · Open Men · 3 results David Lax
USA · Open Men · 4 results Gerald Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
David: Houston 2025, Open Men · Gerald: Houston 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where David and Gerald sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Carry (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 75%).Gerald: strongest on BBJ (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 65%).
See the numbers
| Part | David: faster than | Gerald: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 77% | 82% |
| Push | 84% | 65% |
| Pull | 96% | 89% |
| BBJ | 75% | 99% |
| Row | 85% | 91% |
| Carry | 98% | 99% |
| Lunges | 88% | 89% |
| Wall balls | 82% | 88% |
| Roxzone | 93% | 95% |
| Runs | 78% | 94% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | David | Gerald |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 77% | 82% |
| Sled push | 84% | 65% |
| Sled pull | 96% | 89% |
| Burpee broad jump | 75% | 99% |
| Row | 85% | 91% |
| Farmers carry | 98% | 99% |
| Sandbag lunges | 88% | 89% |
| Wall balls | 82% | 88% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 93% | 95% |
| Runs (8 km) | 78% | 94% |
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.David · Houston 2025 · Open Men: 38:27 running, 30:05 at the stations and 5:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:00).Below, Gerald · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 33:33 running, 29:49 at the stations and 5:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:23).
See the numbers
| Part | David · Houston 2025 · Open Men | Gerald · Houston 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:22 | 4:28 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 4:30 | 4:04 |
| Sled push | 2:17 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 4:44 | 4:04 |
| Sled pull | 3:31 | 4:21 |
| Run 4 | 4:54 | 4:07 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:00 | 2:44 |
| Run 5 | 4:58 | 4:12 |
| Row | 4:31 | 4:31 |
| Run 6 | 4:44 | 4:07 |
| Farmers carry | 1:26 | 1:25 |
| Run 7 | 4:59 | 4:13 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:03 | 4:05 |
| Run 8 | 5:16 | 4:17 |
| Wall balls | 4:58 | 5:23 |
| Roxzone | 5:00 | 5:15 |
| Finish | 1:13:26 | 1:08:27 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | David | Gerald | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston 2025 Open Men · 15 Mar 2025 | 1:13:26 | 1:13:23 | 0:03 · Gerald faster |
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