Janko vs Gerdus

RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Janko Kotze

1:26:06 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
124th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Gerdus Marx

1:13:48 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
32nd of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers

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

Janko: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Gerdus: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Janko and Gerdus sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Janko: strongest on Carry (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 58%).Gerdus: strongest on Runs (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 77%).

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Part Janko: faster than Gerdus: faster than
Ski 58% 92%
Push 78% 94%
Pull 75% 85%
BBJ 75% 85%
Row 78% 95%
Carry 97% 92%
Lunges 85% 90%
Wall balls 75% 77%
Roxzone 69% 93%
Runs 81% 97%

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

Part by part

Part Janko Gerdus
SkiErg 58% 92%
Sled push 78% 94%
Sled pull 75% 85%
Burpee broad jump 75% 85%
Row 78% 95%
Farmers carry 97% 92%
Sandbag lunges 85% 90%
Wall balls 75% 77%
Roxzone (moving) 69% 93%
Runs (8 km) 81% 97%

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

Janko · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men1:26:06
3:364:455:073:055:285:045:255:395:314:465:211:375:224:246:107:047:49
Gerdus · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:13:48
5:474:183:412:203:444:303:585:093:534:353:551:473:464:125:466:425:53
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.Janko · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 42:01 running, 36:25 at the stations and 7:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:04).Below, Gerdus · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 34:30 running, 33:32 at the stations and 5:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:42).

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Part Janko · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men Gerdus · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:36 5:47
SkiErg 4:45 4:18
Run 2 5:07 3:41
Sled push 3:05 2:20
Run 3 5:28 3:44
Sled pull 5:04 4:30
Run 4 5:25 3:58
Burpee broad jump 5:39 5:09
Run 5 5:31 3:53
Row 4:46 4:35
Run 6 5:21 3:55
Farmers carry 1:37 1:47
Run 7 5:22 3:46
Sandbag lunges 4:24 4:12
Run 8 6:10 5:46
Wall balls 7:04 6:42
Roxzone 7:49 5:53
Finish 1:26:06 1:13:48

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Janko Gerdus Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:26:06 1:26:03 0:03 · Gerdus faster
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