Ryan vs Michael

RSA RSA · Open Men · 4 results

Ryan Nel

1:14:54 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
62nd of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Michael Mactavie

1:12:52 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
52nd of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Ryan: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Michael: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ryan and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ryan: strongest on Runs (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 46%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 17%).

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Part Ryan: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 78% 28%
Push 89% 17%
Pull 63% 94%
BBJ 83% 98%
Row 81% 54%
Carry 46% 56%
Lunges 88% 92%
Wall balls 73% 82%
Roxzone 88% 94%
Runs 95% 91%

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

Part by part

Part Ryan Michael
SkiErg 78% 28%
Sled push 89% 17%
Sled pull 63% 94%
Burpee broad jump 83% 98%
Row 81% 54%
Farmers carry 46% 56%
Sandbag lunges 88% 92%
Wall balls 73% 82%
Roxzone (moving) 88% 94%
Runs (8 km) 95% 91%

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

Ryan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:14:54
3:134:174:292:244:395:014:344:474:404:434:482:224:404:105:156:284:30
Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:12:52
3:164:474:313:434:433:334:463:195:004:554:412:184:394:045:035:483:54
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.Ryan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 36:19 running, 34:13 at the stations and 4:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:28).Below, Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 36:40 running, 32:28 at the stations and 3:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:48).

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Part Ryan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:13 3:16
SkiErg 4:17 4:47
Run 2 4:29 4:31
Sled push 2:24 3:43
Run 3 4:39 4:43
Sled pull 5:01 3:33
Run 4 4:34 4:46
Burpee broad jump 4:47 3:19
Run 5 4:40 5:00
Row 4:43 4:55
Run 6 4:48 4:41
Farmers carry 2:22 2:18
Run 7 4:40 4:39
Sandbag lunges 4:10 4:04
Run 8 5:15 5:03
Wall balls 6:28 5:48
Roxzone 4:30 3:54
Finish 1:14:54 1:12:52

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ryan Michael Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 1:14:54 1:15:25 0:31 · Ryan faster
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