Frans vs Johan
RSA · Open Men · 5 results Frans van der Merwe
RSA · Open Men · 4 results Johan Pretorius
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Frans: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Johan: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Frans and Johan 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%).Johan: strongest on Pull (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 76%).
See the numbers
| Part | Frans: faster than | Johan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 99% | 95% |
| Push | 99% | 76% |
| Pull | 3% | 97% |
| BBJ | 96% | 87% |
| Row | 56% | 93% |
| Carry | 76% | 93% |
| Lunges | 99% | 81% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 92% |
| Roxzone | 88% | 85% |
| Runs | 96% | 86% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Frans | Johan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 99% | 95% |
| Sled push | 99% | 76% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 97% |
| Burpee broad jump | 96% | 87% |
| Row | 56% | 93% |
| Farmers carry | 76% | 93% |
| Sandbag lunges | 99% | 81% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 92% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 88% | 85% |
| Runs (8 km) | 96% | 86% |
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, Johan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 39:14 running, 30:50 at the stations and 4:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:18).
See the numbers
| Part | Frans · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men | Johan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:32 | 3:20 |
| SkiErg | 3:53 | 4:03 |
| Run 2 | 3:48 | 5:00 |
| Sled push | 1:45 | 2:43 |
| Run 3 | 4:57 | 5:07 |
| Sled pull | 9:24 | 3:37 |
| Run 4 | 4:26 | 5:02 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:36 | 4:28 |
| Run 5 | 5:13 | 5:14 |
| Row | 4:58 | 4:29 |
| Run 6 | 4:44 | 5:08 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 1:42 |
| Run 7 | 4:21 | 5:02 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:19 | 4:30 |
| Run 8 | 4:48 | 5:22 |
| Wall balls | 7:10 | 5:18 |
| Roxzone | 5:14 | 4:41 |
| Finish | 1:15:50 | 1:14:37 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Frans | Johan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:15:50 | 1:15:29 | 0:21 · Johan faster |
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