Rob vs Michael

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
RSA RSA · Pro Men · 2 results

Michael Nkutshweu

1:38:53 best Pro Men time · Johannesburg 2025
72nd of 112 place in that race · 112 Pro Men finishers

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

Rob: Johannesburg 2025, Pro Men · Michael: Johannesburg 2025, Pro Men

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

This chart shows where Rob and Michael 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%).Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 17%).

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Part Rob: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 68% 31%
Push 33% 29%
Pull 46% 17%
BBJ 15% 83%
Row 23% 18%
Carry 49% 39%
Lunges 13% 84%
Wall balls 18% 26%
Roxzone 20% 39%
Runs 50% 27%

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

Part by part

Part Rob Michael
SkiErg 68% 31%
Sled push 33% 29%
Sled pull 46% 17%
Burpee broad jump 15% 83%
Row 23% 18%
Farmers carry 49% 39%
Sandbag lunges 13% 84%
Wall balls 18% 26%
Roxzone (moving) 20% 39%
Runs (8 km) 50% 27%

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
Michael · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men1:38:53
4:354:354:365:125:569:265:593:416:405:166:162:216:114:087:069:237:40
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, Michael · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men: 47:19 running, 44:01 at the stations and 7:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (9:26).

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Part Rob · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men Michael · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men
Run 1 2:54 4:35
SkiErg 4:20 4:35
Run 2 4:31 4:36
Sled push 5:01 5:12
Run 3 5:03 5:56
Sled pull 7:11 9:26
Run 4 5:15 5:59
Burpee broad jump 6:56 3:41
Run 5 5:23 6:40
Row 5:09 5:16
Run 6 5:29 6:16
Farmers carry 2:16 2:21
Run 7 6:06 6:11
Sandbag lunges 7:02 4:08
Run 8 6:49 7:06
Wall balls 10:24 9:23
Roxzone 8:51 7:40
Finish 1:38:33 1:38:53

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Rob Michael Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Pro Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:38:33 1:38:53 0:20 · Rob faster
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