Emile vs Lonwabo

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Emile Gerber

1:28:04 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
182nd of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Lonwabo Rarane

1:28:10 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
184th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers

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

Emile: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Lonwabo: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Emile and Lonwabo sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Emile: strongest on BBJ (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 41%).Lonwabo: strongest on Runs (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 39%).

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Part Emile: faster than Lonwabo: faster than
Ski 50% 40%
Push 71% 39%
Pull 55% 53%
BBJ 90% 74%
Row 76% 48%
Carry 55% 82%
Lunges 74% 71%
Wall balls 41% 58%
Roxzone 87% 67%
Runs 75% 84%

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

Part by part

Part Emile Lonwabo
SkiErg 50% 40%
Sled push 71% 39%
Sled pull 55% 53%
Burpee broad jump 90% 74%
Row 76% 48%
Farmers carry 55% 82%
Sandbag lunges 74% 71%
Wall balls 41% 58%
Roxzone (moving) 87% 67%
Runs (8 km) 75% 84%

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

Emile · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:28:04
7:034:464:332:544:405:374:414:494:425:004:352:194:364:586:589:296:33
Lonwabo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:28:10
6:374:524:183:314:355:404:585:474:285:244:051:594:175:056:438:037:54
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.Emile · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 41:48 running, 39:53 at the stations and 6:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:29).Below, Lonwabo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 40:01 running, 40:21 at the stations and 7:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:03).

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Part Emile · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men Lonwabo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:03 6:37
SkiErg 4:46 4:52
Run 2 4:33 4:18
Sled push 2:54 3:31
Run 3 4:40 4:35
Sled pull 5:37 5:40
Run 4 4:41 4:58
Burpee broad jump 4:49 5:47
Run 5 4:42 4:28
Row 5:00 5:24
Run 6 4:35 4:05
Farmers carry 2:19 1:59
Run 7 4:36 4:17
Sandbag lunges 4:58 5:05
Run 8 6:58 6:43
Wall balls 9:29 8:03
Roxzone 6:33 7:54
Finish 1:28:04 1:28:10

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Emile Lonwabo Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 1:28:04 1:28:10 0:06 · Emile faster
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