Gene vs Cliff
Gene Gurling
Cliff Kovacs
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Gene: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Cliff: Melbourne 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Gene and Cliff sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gene: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 53% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 9%).Cliff: strongest on Row (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 13%).
See the numbers
| Part | Gene: faster than | Cliff: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 9% | 46% |
| Push | 51% | 28% |
| Pull | 43% | 65% |
| BBJ | 17% | 71% |
| Row | 10% | 76% |
| Carry | 39% | 68% |
| Lunges | 22% | 14% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 13% |
| Roxzone | 34% | 59% |
| Runs | 17% | 63% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Gene | Cliff |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 9% | 46% |
| Sled push | 51% | 28% |
| Sled pull | 43% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 17% | 71% |
| Row | 10% | 76% |
| Farmers carry | 39% | 68% |
| Sandbag lunges | 22% | 14% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 13% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 34% | 59% |
| Runs (8 km) | 17% | 63% |
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.Gene · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 46:47 running, 40:28 at the stations and 10:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:10).Below, Cliff · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 36:37 running, 40:17 at the stations and 8:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:00).
See the numbers
| Part | Gene · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men | Cliff · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:20 | 2:32 |
| SkiErg | 4:59 | 4:29 |
| Run 2 | 5:45 | 4:50 |
| Sled push | 2:38 | 3:08 |
| Run 3 | 6:14 | 4:41 |
| Sled pull | 5:01 | 4:25 |
| Run 4 | 6:18 | 4:37 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:10 | 4:33 |
| Run 5 | 6:12 | 4:54 |
| Row | 5:26 | 4:32 |
| Run 6 | 5:48 | 4:38 |
| Farmers carry | 2:14 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 5:53 | 4:30 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:35 | 7:17 |
| Run 8 | 7:18 | 5:55 |
| Wall balls | 6:25 | 10:00 |
| Roxzone | 10:05 | 8:44 |
| Finish | 1:37:13 | 1:25:30 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Gene | Cliff | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane 2026 Open Men · 9 Apr 2026 | 1:43:17 | 1:43:09 | 0:08 · Cliff faster |
| Melbourne 2025 Open Men · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:37:13 | 1:25:30 | 11:43 · Cliff faster |
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