Graham vs Gerhardus

RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Graham Willers

1:43:41 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
445th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Gerhardus Louwrence van Niekerk

1:43:35 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
444th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Graham: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Gerhardus: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Graham and Gerhardus sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Graham: strongest on Row (faster than 59% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 11%).Gerhardus: strongest on Push (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 7%).

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Part Graham: faster than Gerhardus: faster than
Ski 31% 50%
Push 47% 84%
Pull 55% 79%
BBJ 11% 23%
Row 59% 22%
Carry 29% 56%
Lunges 27% 40%
Wall balls 30% 7%
Roxzone 19% 18%
Runs 43% 55%

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

Part by part

Part Graham Gerhardus
SkiErg 31% 50%
Sled push 47% 84%
Sled pull 55% 79%
Burpee broad jump 11% 23%
Row 59% 22%
Farmers carry 29% 56%
Sandbag lunges 27% 40%
Wall balls 30% 7%
Roxzone (moving) 19% 18%
Runs (8 km) 43% 55%

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

Graham · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:43:41
4:094:446:062:586:184:456:189:286:224:516:172:466:207:136:429:199:10
Gerhardus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:43:35
3:504:335:252:206:024:045:558:026:055:275:572:185:476:326:4515:209:22
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.Graham · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 48:32 running, 46:05 at the stations and 9:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:28).Below, Gerhardus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 45:46 running, 48:35 at the stations and 9:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:20).

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Part Graham · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Gerhardus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:09 3:50
SkiErg 4:44 4:33
Run 2 6:06 5:25
Sled push 2:58 2:20
Run 3 6:18 6:02
Sled pull 4:45 4:04
Run 4 6:18 5:55
Burpee broad jump 9:28 8:02
Run 5 6:22 6:05
Row 4:51 5:27
Run 6 6:17 5:57
Farmers carry 2:46 2:18
Run 7 6:20 5:47
Sandbag lunges 7:13 6:32
Run 8 6:42 6:45
Wall balls 9:19 15:20
Roxzone 9:10 9:22
Finish 1:43:41 1:43:35

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Graham Gerhardus Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:43:41 1:43:35 0:06 · Gerhardus faster
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