Kai vs Rowan
HKG · Open Men · 1 result Kai Hong Cheng
RSA · Open Men · 8 results Rowan Matysiak
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Kai: Hong Kong 2026, Open Men · Rowan: Sydney 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Kai and Rowan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Kai: strongest on BBJ (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 53%).Rowan: strongest on Pull (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 41%).
See the numbers
| Part | Kai: faster than | Rowan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 67% | 75% |
| Push | 53% | 41% |
| Pull | 70% | 91% |
| BBJ | 95% | 88% |
| Row | 76% | 83% |
| Carry | 54% | 65% |
| Lunges | 83% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 74% | 65% |
| Roxzone | 67% | 77% |
| Runs | 69% | 57% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Kai | Rowan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 67% | 75% |
| Sled push | 53% | 41% |
| Sled pull | 70% | 91% |
| Burpee broad jump | 95% | 88% |
| Row | 76% | 83% |
| Farmers carry | 54% | 65% |
| Sandbag lunges | 83% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 74% | 65% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 67% | 77% |
| Runs (8 km) | 69% | 57% |
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.Kai · Hong Kong 2026 · Open Men: 36:51 running, 35:14 at the stations and 11:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:46).Below, Rowan · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 38:31 running, 32:03 at the stations and 7:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:12).
See the numbers
| Part | Kai · Hong Kong 2026 · Open Men | Rowan · Sydney 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:39 | 3:54 |
| SkiErg | 4:39 | 4:15 |
| Run 2 | 4:22 | 4:19 |
| Sled push | 3:13 | 2:45 |
| Run 3 | 4:25 | 4:31 |
| Sled pull | 4:47 | 3:22 |
| Run 4 | 4:25 | 4:33 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:46 | 4:10 |
| Run 5 | 4:38 | 4:44 |
| Row | 4:49 | 4:26 |
| Run 6 | 4:30 | 4:34 |
| Farmers carry | 2:27 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 4:41 | 4:58 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:47 | 4:59 |
| Run 8 | 6:11 | 6:57 |
| Wall balls | 6:46 | 6:12 |
| Roxzone | 11:20 | 7:28 |
| Finish | 1:23:16 | 1:17:53 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Kai | Rowan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong 2026 Open Men · 8 May 2026 | 1:23:16 | 1:23:28 | 0:12 · Kai faster |
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