Estian vs Sheldon

RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Estian Botha

1:49:49 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
379th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Sheldon Szekely

1:49:38 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
377th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Estian: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Sheldon: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Estian and Sheldon sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Estian: strongest on Pull (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 5%).Sheldon: strongest on Ski (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 30%).

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Part Estian: faster than Sheldon: faster than
Ski 61% 85%
Push 51% 57%
Pull 65% 45%
BBJ 44% 30%
Row 45% 78%
Carry 5% 65%
Lunges 32% 50%
Wall balls 32% 38%
Roxzone 53% 49%
Runs 38% 32%

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

Part by part

Part Estian Sheldon
SkiErg 61% 85%
Sled push 51% 57%
Sled pull 65% 45%
Burpee broad jump 44% 30%
Row 45% 78%
Farmers carry 5% 65%
Sandbag lunges 32% 50%
Wall balls 32% 38%
Roxzone (moving) 53% 49%
Runs (8 km) 38% 32%

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

Estian · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men1:49:49
4:184:436:233:516:325:216:407:156:585:147:053:317:026:388:5310:329:01
Sheldon · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men1:49:38
4:064:288:453:407:086:096:328:177:164:466:152:076:495:528:419:339:21
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.Estian · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 53:50 running, 47:05 at the stations and 9:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:32).Below, Sheldon · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 55:32 running, 44:53 at the stations and 9:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:33).

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Part Estian · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men Sheldon · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:18 4:06
SkiErg 4:43 4:28
Run 2 6:23 8:45
Sled push 3:51 3:40
Run 3 6:32 7:08
Sled pull 5:21 6:09
Run 4 6:40 6:32
Burpee broad jump 7:15 8:17
Run 5 6:58 7:16
Row 5:14 4:46
Run 6 7:05 6:15
Farmers carry 3:31 2:07
Run 7 7:02 6:49
Sandbag lunges 6:38 5:52
Run 8 8:53 8:41
Wall balls 10:32 9:33
Roxzone 9:01 9:21
Finish 1:49:49 1:49:38

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Estian Sheldon Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:49:49 1:49:38 0:11 · Sheldon faster
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