Rob vs Bjorn

RSA RSA · Pro Men · 5 results

Rob Els

1:38:33 best Pro Men time · Johannesburg 2025
71st of 112 place in that race · 112 Pro Men finishers
GER GER · Pro Men · 2 results

Bjorn Berent

1:26:12 best Pro Men time · Johannesburg 2026
48th of 131 place in that race · 131 Pro Men finishers

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

Rob: Johannesburg 2025, Pro Men · Bjorn: Johannesburg 2026, Pro Men

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

This chart shows where Rob and Bjorn sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Rob: strongest on Ski (faster than 68% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 13%).Bjorn: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 33%).

See the numbers
Part Rob: faster than Bjorn: faster than
Ski 68% 44%
Push 33% 33%
Pull 46% 56%
BBJ 15% 64%
Row 23% 58%
Carry 49% 70%
Lunges 13% 62%
Wall balls 18% 85%
Roxzone 20% 57%
Runs 50% 55%

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

Part by part

Part Rob Bjorn
SkiErg 68% 44%
Sled push 33% 33%
Sled pull 46% 56%
Burpee broad jump 15% 64%
Row 23% 58%
Farmers carry 49% 70%
Sandbag lunges 13% 62%
Wall balls 18% 85%
Roxzone (moving) 20% 57%
Runs (8 km) 50% 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

Rob · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men1:38:33
2:544:204:315:015:037:115:156:565:235:095:292:166:067:026:4910:248:51
Bjorn · Johannesburg 2026 · Pro Men1:26:12
6:514:294:244:094:346:264:465:034:384:564:342:094:415:176:465:516:47
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.Rob · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men: 41:30 running, 48:19 at the stations and 8:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:24).Below, Bjorn · Johannesburg 2026 · Pro Men: 41:14 running, 38:19 at the stations and 6:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:26).

See the numbers
Part Rob · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men Bjorn · Johannesburg 2026 · Pro Men
Run 1 2:54 6:51
SkiErg 4:20 4:29
Run 2 4:31 4:24
Sled push 5:01 4:09
Run 3 5:03 4:34
Sled pull 7:11 6:26
Run 4 5:15 4:46
Burpee broad jump 6:56 5:03
Run 5 5:23 4:38
Row 5:09 4:56
Run 6 5:29 4:34
Farmers carry 2:16 2:09
Run 7 6:06 4:41
Sandbag lunges 7:02 5:17
Run 8 6:49 6:46
Wall balls 10:24 5:51
Roxzone 8:51 6:47
Finish 1:38:33 1:26:12

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Rob Bjorn Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Pro Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:38:33 1:38:31 0:02 · Bjorn faster
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