Frans vs Paul
RSA · Open Men · 5 results Frans van der Merwe
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Paul Cyrille Gillingham
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Frans: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Paul: Cape Town 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Frans and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Frans: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 3%).Paul: strongest on Runs (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 46%).
See the numbers
| Part | Frans: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 99% | 78% |
| Push | 99% | 46% |
| Pull | 3% | 67% |
| BBJ | 96% | 84% |
| Row | 56% | 84% |
| Carry | 76% | 78% |
| Lunges | 99% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 84% |
| Roxzone | 88% | 86% |
| Runs | 96% | 91% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Frans | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 99% | 78% |
| Sled push | 99% | 46% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 67% |
| Burpee broad jump | 96% | 84% |
| Row | 56% | 84% |
| Farmers carry | 76% | 78% |
| Sandbag lunges | 99% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 84% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 88% | 86% |
| Runs (8 km) | 96% | 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
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.Frans · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 34:49 running, 35:58 at the stations and 5:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (9:24) and the shortest the sled push (1:45).Below, Paul · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 37:12 running, 33:30 at the stations and 5:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:35).
See the numbers
| Part | Frans · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men | Paul · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:32 | 4:37 |
| SkiErg | 3:53 | 4:13 |
| Run 2 | 3:48 | 4:31 |
| Sled push | 1:45 | 3:10 |
| Run 3 | 4:57 | 4:45 |
| Sled pull | 9:24 | 4:44 |
| Run 4 | 4:26 | 4:47 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:36 | 4:25 |
| Run 5 | 5:13 | 4:36 |
| Row | 4:58 | 4:38 |
| Run 6 | 4:44 | 4:36 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 1:51 |
| Run 7 | 4:21 | 4:29 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:19 | 4:54 |
| Run 8 | 4:48 | 4:51 |
| Wall balls | 7:10 | 5:35 |
| Roxzone | 5:14 | 5:20 |
| Finish | 1:15:50 | 1:15:57 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Frans | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:15:50 | 1:15:57 | 0:07 · Frans faster |
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