Ryan vs Willem

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 · 1 result

Willem Johannes van den Berg

1:14:49 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
61st of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers

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

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

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

This chart shows where Ryan and Willem 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%).Willem: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 44%).

See the numbers
Part Ryan: faster than Willem: faster than
Ski 78% 99%
Push 89% 44%
Pull 63% 69%
BBJ 83% 83%
Row 81% 73%
Carry 46% 99%
Lunges 88% 60%
Wall balls 73% 59%
Roxzone 88% 76%
Runs 95% 99%

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

Part by part

Part Ryan Willem
SkiErg 78% 99%
Sled push 89% 44%
Sled pull 63% 69%
Burpee broad jump 83% 83%
Row 81% 73%
Farmers carry 46% 99%
Sandbag lunges 88% 60%
Wall balls 73% 59%
Roxzone (moving) 88% 76%
Runs (8 km) 95% 99%

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
Willem · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:14:49
2:563:504:023:214:254:484:274:474:304:484:211:254:235:244:527:305:09
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, Willem · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 33:56 running, 35:53 at the stations and 5:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:30).

See the numbers
Part Ryan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Willem · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:13 2:56
SkiErg 4:17 3:50
Run 2 4:29 4:02
Sled push 2:24 3:21
Run 3 4:39 4:25
Sled pull 5:01 4:48
Run 4 4:34 4:27
Burpee broad jump 4:47 4:47
Run 5 4:40 4:30
Row 4:43 4:48
Run 6 4:48 4:21
Farmers carry 2:22 1:25
Run 7 4:40 4:23
Sandbag lunges 4:10 5:24
Run 8 5:15 4:52
Wall balls 6:28 7:30
Roxzone 4:30 5:09
Finish 1:14:54 1:14:49

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ryan Willem Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 1:14:54 1:14:49 0:05 · Willem faster
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