Eckhard vs Jacobus

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Eckhard Smith

1:40:38 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
408th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Jacobus Zeeman

1:40:34 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
407th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Eckhard: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Jacobus: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Eckhard and Jacobus sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Eckhard: strongest on Lunges (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 15%).Jacobus: strongest on Ski (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 28%).

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Part Eckhard: faster than Jacobus: faster than
Ski 46% 67%
Push 15% 39%
Pull 42% 62%
BBJ 28% 53%
Row 40% 29%
Carry 28% 54%
Lunges 73% 31%
Wall balls 42% 37%
Roxzone 31% 53%
Runs 35% 28%

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

Part by part

Part Eckhard Jacobus
SkiErg 46% 67%
Sled push 15% 39%
Sled pull 42% 62%
Burpee broad jump 28% 53%
Row 40% 29%
Farmers carry 28% 54%
Sandbag lunges 73% 31%
Wall balls 42% 37%
Roxzone (moving) 31% 53%
Runs (8 km) 35% 28%

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

Eckhard · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:40:38
5:444:355:313:476:245:095:557:306:295:056:432:476:384:597:138:158:04
Jacobus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:40:34
4:564:246:233:066:364:346:416:046:495:176:412:196:417:028:038:426:26
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.Eckhard · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 50:37 running, 42:06 at the stations and 8:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:15).Below, Jacobus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 52:49 running, 41:28 at the stations and 6:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:42).

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Part Eckhard · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Jacobus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:44 4:56
SkiErg 4:35 4:24
Run 2 5:31 6:23
Sled push 3:47 3:06
Run 3 6:24 6:36
Sled pull 5:09 4:34
Run 4 5:55 6:41
Burpee broad jump 7:30 6:04
Run 5 6:29 6:49
Row 5:05 5:17
Run 6 6:43 6:41
Farmers carry 2:47 2:19
Run 7 6:38 6:41
Sandbag lunges 4:59 7:02
Run 8 7:13 8:03
Wall balls 8:15 8:42
Roxzone 8:04 6:26
Finish 1:40:38 1:40:34

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Eckhard Jacobus Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:40:38 1:40:34 0:04 · Jacobus faster
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