Clayton vs Chris

USA USA · Open Men · 8 results

Clayton Lau

3:02:38 best Open Men time · Chicago Navy Pier 2024
814th of 814 place in that race · 814 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Chris Hertzog

3:04:50 best Open Men time · New York 2026
4611th of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Clayton: Chicago Navy Pier 2024, Open Men · Chris: New York 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLunges
no split
Wall ballsRoxzoneRuns
ClaytonChrisedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Clayton and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Clayton: strongest on Push (faster than 9% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 0%).Chris: strongest on Ski (faster than 7% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 1%).

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Part Clayton: faster than Chris: faster than
Ski 5% 7%
Push 9% 5%
Pull 0% 1%
BBJ 0% 1%
Row 1% 2%
Carry 1% 1%
Lunges 0% no split
Wall balls 3% 1%
Roxzone 0% 4%
Runs 0% 3%

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

Part by part

Part Clayton Chris
SkiErg 5% 7%
Sled push 9% 5%
Sled pull 0% 1%
Burpee broad jump 0% 1%
Row 1% 2%
Farmers carry 1% 1%
Sandbag lunges 0% —
Wall balls 3% 1%
Roxzone (moving) 0% 4%
Runs (8 km) 0% 3%

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

Clayton · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Men3:02:38
5:375:108:564:079:5310:1210:5815:4711:506:4413:114:1612:3618:0115:1412:1018:04
Chris · New York 2026 · Open Men3:04:50
6:305:176:514:537:449:387:5313:419:336:499:174:5810:5316:5219:3313:10
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.Clayton · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Men: 1:28:14 running, 1:16:28 at the stations and 18:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (18:01) and the shortest the sled push (4:07).Below, Chris · New York 2026 · Open Men: 1:15:32 running, 1:04:49 at the stations and 13:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (19:33) and the shortest the sled push (4:53).

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Part Clayton · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Men Chris · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:37 6:30
SkiErg 5:10 5:17
Run 2 8:56 6:51
Sled push 4:07 4:53
Run 3 9:53 7:44
Sled pull 10:12 9:38
Run 4 10:58 7:53
Burpee broad jump 15:47 13:41
Run 5 11:50 9:33
Row 6:44 6:49
Run 6 13:11 9:17
Farmers carry 4:16 4:58
Run 7 12:36 10:53
Sandbag lunges 18:01 —
Run 8 15:14 16:52
Wall balls 12:10 19:33
Roxzone 18:04 13:10
Finish 3:02:38 3:04:50

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Clayton Chris Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 3:04:31 3:04:50 0:19 · Clayton faster
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