James vs Dirk
RSA · Open Men · 3 results James Rowson
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Dirk Potgieter
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Men · Dirk: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Dirk sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 53%).Dirk: strongest on Runs (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 6%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Dirk: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 57% | 91% |
| Push | 95% | 91% |
| Pull | 73% | 66% |
| BBJ | 74% | 67% |
| Row | 58% | 66% |
| Carry | 79% | 6% |
| Lunges | 95% | 77% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 59% |
| Roxzone | 84% | 74% |
| Runs | 89% | 96% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Dirk |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 57% | 91% |
| Sled push | 95% | 91% |
| Sled pull | 73% | 66% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 67% |
| Row | 58% | 66% |
| Farmers carry | 79% | 6% |
| Sandbag lunges | 95% | 77% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 59% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 84% | 74% |
| Runs (8 km) | 89% | 96% |
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.James · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men: 40:00 running, 36:05 at the stations and 6:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:10).Below, Dirk · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men: 37:09 running, 38:08 at the stations and 6:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:43) and the shortest the sled push (2:16).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men | Dirk · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:33 | 2:45 |
| SkiErg | 4:30 | 4:11 |
| Run 2 | 4:32 | 4:26 |
| Sled push | 2:09 | 2:16 |
| Run 3 | 5:06 | 5:14 |
| Sled pull | 4:35 | 4:43 |
| Run 4 | 4:58 | 4:48 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:39 | 5:56 |
| Run 5 | 5:02 | 5:10 |
| Row | 5:08 | 5:02 |
| Run 6 | 5:13 | 4:58 |
| Farmers carry | 2:01 | 3:36 |
| Run 7 | 5:07 | 4:46 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:53 | 4:41 |
| Run 8 | 5:29 | 5:02 |
| Wall balls | 8:10 | 7:43 |
| Roxzone | 6:02 | 6:37 |
| Finish | 1:21:58 | 1:21:46 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Dirk | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg (I) 2025 Open Men · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:21:58 | 1:21:46 | 0:12 · Dirk faster |
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