Gordon vs Ahmed

AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Gordon Donovan

1:48:33 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
2530th of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Ahmed Virani

1:50:26 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1714th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Gordon: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Ahmed: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Gordon and Ahmed sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gordon: strongest on Carry (faster than 32% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 4%).Ahmed: strongest on Ski (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 12%).

See the numbers
Part Gordon: faster than Ahmed: faster than
Ski 24% 54%
Push 9% 29%
Pull 15% 13%
BBJ 7% 13%
Row 17% 37%
Carry 32% 47%
Lunges 10% 12%
Wall balls 4% 25%
Roxzone 29% 35%
Runs 17% 26%

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

Part by part

Part Gordon Ahmed
SkiErg 24% 54%
Sled push 9% 29%
Sled pull 15% 13%
Burpee broad jump 7% 13%
Row 17% 37%
Farmers carry 32% 47%
Sandbag lunges 10% 12%
Wall balls 4% 25%
Roxzone (moving) 29% 35%
Runs (8 km) 17% 26%

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

Gordon · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:48:33
3:154:425:483:535:576:216:058:356:115:146:092:206:007:487:1012:4910:26
Ahmed · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:50:26
6:084:385:223:486:167:486:178:357:035:106:332:186:147:576:5710:089:22
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.Gordon · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 46:35 running, 51:41 at the stations and 10:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:49).Below, Ahmed · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 50:50 running, 50:22 at the stations and 9:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:08).

See the numbers
Part Gordon · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men Ahmed · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:15 6:08
SkiErg 4:42 4:38
Run 2 5:48 5:22
Sled push 3:53 3:48
Run 3 5:57 6:16
Sled pull 6:21 7:48
Run 4 6:05 6:17
Burpee broad jump 8:35 8:35
Run 5 6:11 7:03
Row 5:14 5:10
Run 6 6:09 6:33
Farmers carry 2:20 2:18
Run 7 6:00 6:14
Sandbag lunges 7:48 7:57
Run 8 7:10 6:57
Wall balls 12:49 10:08
Roxzone 10:26 9:22
Finish 1:48:33 1:50:26

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Gordon Ahmed Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:50:21 1:50:26 0:05 · Gordon faster
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