Cade vs Michael
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Cade Paul
RSA · Open Men · 4 results Michael Opperman
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Cade: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Michael: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Cade and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Cade: strongest on Lunges (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 40%).Michael: strongest on Runs (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 16%).
See the numbers
| Part | Cade: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 78% | 86% |
| Push | 52% | 43% |
| Pull | 66% | 36% |
| BBJ | 80% | 51% |
| Row | 40% | 47% |
| Carry | 58% | 16% |
| Lunges | 86% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 84% | 57% |
| Roxzone | 55% | 67% |
| Runs | 69% | 87% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Cade | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 78% | 86% |
| Sled push | 52% | 43% |
| Sled pull | 66% | 36% |
| Burpee broad jump | 80% | 51% |
| Row | 40% | 47% |
| Farmers carry | 58% | 16% |
| Sandbag lunges | 86% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 84% | 57% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 55% | 67% |
| Runs (8 km) | 69% | 87% |
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.Cade · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 42:56 running, 33:33 at the stations and 6:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:33).Below, Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 38:22 running, 38:59 at the stations and 5:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:13) and the shortest the sled push (3:01).
See the numbers
| Part | Cade · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:43 | 3:12 |
| SkiErg | 4:17 | 4:12 |
| Run 2 | 4:35 | 4:40 |
| Sled push | 2:52 | 3:01 |
| Run 3 | 5:22 | 5:01 |
| Sled pull | 4:28 | 5:22 |
| Run 4 | 5:38 | 5:09 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:36 | 6:11 |
| Run 5 | 6:04 | 4:55 |
| Row | 5:05 | 4:59 |
| Run 6 | 5:40 | 5:01 |
| Farmers carry | 2:17 | 3:10 |
| Run 7 | 5:29 | 5:09 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:25 | 4:51 |
| Run 8 | 5:25 | 5:14 |
| Wall balls | 5:33 | 7:13 |
| Roxzone | 6:19 | 5:36 |
| Finish | 1:22:41 | 1:22:47 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Cade | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 | 1:22:41 | 1:22:47 | 0:06 · Cade faster |
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