Matthew vs Gert

RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Matthew Hunter

1:29:08 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
251st of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 4 results

Gert van Jaarsveld

1:29:05 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
249th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Gert: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MatthewGertedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Matthew and Gert sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 31%).Gert: strongest on Pull (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 35%).

See the numbers
Part Matthew: faster than Gert: faster than
Ski 63% 35%
Push 52% 54%
Pull 63% 76%
BBJ 60% 58%
Row 65% 49%
Carry 31% 48%
Lunges 78% 58%
Wall balls 90% 54%
Roxzone 31% 73%
Runs 52% 53%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Gert
SkiErg 63% 35%
Sled push 52% 54%
Sled pull 63% 76%
Burpee broad jump 60% 58%
Row 65% 49%
Farmers carry 31% 48%
Sandbag lunges 78% 58%
Wall balls 90% 54%
Roxzone (moving) 31% 73%
Runs (8 km) 52% 53%

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

Matthew · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:29:08
3:394:265:282:535:424:336:155:366:214:476:272:445:494:446:365:178:01
Gert · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:29:05
5:204:415:232:495:464:105:475:485:474:585:522:256:005:356:097:235:22
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.Matthew · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 46:17 running, 34:59 at the stations and 8:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:36).Below, Gert · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 46:04 running, 37:49 at the stations and 5:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:23).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Gert · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:39 5:20
SkiErg 4:26 4:41
Run 2 5:28 5:23
Sled push 2:53 2:49
Run 3 5:42 5:46
Sled pull 4:33 4:10
Run 4 6:15 5:47
Burpee broad jump 5:36 5:48
Run 5 6:21 5:47
Row 4:47 4:58
Run 6 6:27 5:52
Farmers carry 2:44 2:25
Run 7 5:49 6:00
Sandbag lunges 4:44 5:35
Run 8 6:36 6:09
Wall balls 5:17 7:23
Roxzone 8:01 5:22
Finish 1:29:08 1:29:05

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Gert Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:29:08 1:29:05 0:03 · Gert faster
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