Damien vs Pieter
RSA · Pro Men · 1 result Damien Christopher Botes
RSA · Pro Men · 11 results Pieter Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Damien: Cape Town 2025, Pro Men · Pieter: Cape Town 2026, Pro Men
This chart shows where Damien and Pieter sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Damien: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 79%).Pieter: strongest on Lunges (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 75%).
See the numbers
| Part | Damien: faster than | Pieter: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 94% | 93% |
| Push | 88% | 75% |
| Pull | 98% | 94% |
| BBJ | 86% | 94% |
| Row | 96% | 95% |
| Carry | 97% | 96% |
| Lunges | 94% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 91% |
| Roxzone | 92% | 92% |
| Runs | 79% | 93% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Damien | Pieter |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 94% | 93% |
| Sled push | 88% | 75% |
| Sled pull | 98% | 94% |
| Burpee broad jump | 86% | 94% |
| Row | 96% | 95% |
| Farmers carry | 97% | 96% |
| Sandbag lunges | 94% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 99% | 91% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 92% | 92% |
| Runs (8 km) | 79% | 93% |
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.Damien · Cape Town 2025 · Pro Men: 35:37 running, 27:52 at the stations and 4:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (4:11).Below, Pieter · Cape Town 2026 · Pro Men: 32:42 running, 27:35 at the stations and 3:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:45).
See the numbers
| Part | Damien · Cape Town 2025 · Pro Men | Pieter · Cape Town 2026 · Pro Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:54 | 2:46 |
| SkiErg | 3:51 | 3:52 |
| Run 2 | 4:15 | 3:54 |
| Sled push | 2:57 | 3:24 |
| Run 3 | 4:46 | 4:35 |
| Sled pull | 4:11 | 4:06 |
| Run 4 | 4:41 | 4:22 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:34 | 2:56 |
| Run 5 | 4:47 | 4:09 |
| Row | 4:09 | 4:09 |
| Run 6 | 4:30 | 4:08 |
| Farmers carry | 1:33 | 1:33 |
| Run 7 | 4:43 | 4:12 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:48 | 2:50 |
| Run 8 | 5:01 | 4:36 |
| Wall balls | 3:49 | 4:45 |
| Roxzone | 4:12 | 3:25 |
| Finish | 1:07:31 | 1:03:35 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Damien | Pieter | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Pro Men · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:07:31 | 1:08:19 | 0:48 · Damien faster |
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