Mdu vs Karabo
Mdu Khambule
Karabo Mashaba
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mdu: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Karabo: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Mdu and Karabo sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mdu: strongest on BBJ (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 10%).Karabo: strongest on Runs (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mdu: faster than | Karabo: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 62% | 55% |
| Push | 71% | 55% |
| Pull | 13% | 23% |
| BBJ | 77% | 49% |
| Row | 48% | 41% |
| Carry | 10% | 63% |
| Lunges | 56% | 44% |
| Wall balls | 37% | 10% |
| Roxzone | 43% | 38% |
| Runs | 54% | 83% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mdu | Karabo |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 62% | 55% |
| Sled push | 71% | 55% |
| Sled pull | 13% | 23% |
| Burpee broad jump | 77% | 49% |
| Row | 48% | 41% |
| Farmers carry | 10% | 63% |
| Sandbag lunges | 56% | 44% |
| Wall balls | 37% | 10% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 43% | 38% |
| Runs (8 km) | 54% | 83% |
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.Mdu · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 46:25 running, 44:56 at the stations and 9:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:42) and the shortest the sled push (2:54).Below, Karabo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 40:10 running, 50:50 at the stations and 10:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:52).
See the numbers
| Part | Mdu · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men | Karabo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:04 | 6:41 |
| SkiErg | 4:39 | 4:43 |
| Run 2 | 6:38 | 4:16 |
| Sled push | 2:54 | 3:12 |
| Run 3 | 4:32 | 4:32 |
| Sled pull | 7:42 | 7:01 |
| Run 4 | 4:31 | 4:27 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:37 | 7:03 |
| Run 5 | 4:50 | 4:26 |
| Row | 5:24 | 5:29 |
| Run 6 | 4:23 | 4:30 |
| Farmers carry | 3:18 | 2:13 |
| Run 7 | 4:43 | 4:21 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:40 | 6:16 |
| Run 8 | 9:44 | 6:57 |
| Wall balls | 9:42 | 14:52 |
| Roxzone | 9:33 | 10:00 |
| Finish | 1:40:43 | 1:40:53 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mdu | Karabo | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 | 1:40:43 | 1:40:53 | 0:10 · Mdu faster |
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