Simba vs Sandile

ZIM ZIM · Open Men · 1 result

Simba Mapingire

2:03:51 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
615th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Sandile Ngema

2:03:47 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
614th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers

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

Simba: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Sandile: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simba and Sandile sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simba: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 11%).Sandile: strongest on Carry (faster than 35% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 6%).

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Part Simba: faster than Sandile: faster than
Ski 31% 27%
Push 21% 10%
Pull 14% 9%
BBJ 33% 6%
Row 21% 22%
Carry 34% 35%
Lunges 42% 10%
Wall balls 29% 33%
Roxzone 42% 22%
Runs 11% 31%

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

Part by part

Part Simba Sandile
SkiErg 31% 27%
Sled push 21% 10%
Sled pull 14% 9%
Burpee broad jump 33% 6%
Row 21% 22%
Farmers carry 34% 35%
Sandbag lunges 42% 10%
Wall balls 29% 33%
Roxzone (moving) 42% 22%
Runs (8 km) 11% 31%

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

Simba · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men2:03:51
8:434:595:544:038:537:387:138:207:265:547:022:407:156:2211:1710:409:40
Sandile · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men2:03:47
8:095:015:344:465:338:346:0813:026:245:526:122:395:529:029:1610:1011:41
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.Simba · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 1:03:43 running, 50:36 at the stations and 9:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:40).Below, Sandile · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 53:08 running, 59:07 at the stations and 11:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (13:02).

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Part Simba · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men Sandile · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 8:43 8:09
SkiErg 4:59 5:01
Run 2 5:54 5:34
Sled push 4:03 4:46
Run 3 8:53 5:33
Sled pull 7:38 8:34
Run 4 7:13 6:08
Burpee broad jump 8:20 13:02
Run 5 7:26 6:24
Row 5:54 5:52
Run 6 7:02 6:12
Farmers carry 2:40 2:39
Run 7 7:15 5:52
Sandbag lunges 6:22 9:02
Run 8 11:17 9:16
Wall balls 10:40 10:10
Roxzone 9:40 11:41
Finish 2:03:51 2:03:47

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simba Sandile Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 2:03:51 2:03:47 0:04 · Sandile faster
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