Farouk vs Marlin
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Farouk Abrahams
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Marlin Petersen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Farouk: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Marlin: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Farouk and Marlin sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Farouk: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 37% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 0%).Marlin: strongest on Runs (faster than 31% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Farouk: faster than | Marlin: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 1% | 17% |
| Push | 22% | 2% |
| Pull | 3% | 2% |
| BBJ | 1% | 1% |
| Row | 2% | 9% |
| Carry | 35% | 18% |
| Lunges | 4% | 1% |
| Wall balls | 0% | 2% |
| Roxzone | 37% | 13% |
| Runs | 25% | 31% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Farouk | Marlin |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 1% | 17% |
| Sled push | 22% | 2% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 2% |
| Burpee broad jump | 1% | 1% |
| Row | 2% | 9% |
| Farmers carry | 35% | 18% |
| Sandbag lunges | 4% | 1% |
| Wall balls | 0% | 2% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 37% | 13% |
| Runs (8 km) | 25% | 31% |
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.Farouk · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 58:40 running, 1:22:28 at the stations and 10:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (25:04).Below, Marlin · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 55:40 running, 1:22:29 at the stations and 13:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (19:41).
See the numbers
| Part | Farouk · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men | Marlin · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:41 | 3:22 |
| SkiErg | 6:13 | 5:19 |
| Run 2 | 6:41 | 9:00 |
| Sled push | 5:00 | 7:49 |
| Run 3 | 7:05 | 6:19 |
| Sled pull | 10:22 | 10:54 |
| Run 4 | 7:26 | 6:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 16:00 | 15:24 |
| Run 5 | 7:52 | 6:41 |
| Row | 6:38 | 5:59 |
| Run 6 | 7:04 | 6:42 |
| Farmers carry | 2:33 | 2:54 |
| Run 7 | 6:59 | 7:09 |
| Sandbag lunges | 10:37 | 14:29 |
| Run 8 | 10:53 | 10:04 |
| Wall balls | 25:04 | 19:41 |
| Roxzone | 10:21 | 13:00 |
| Finish | 2:31:20 | 2:31:03 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Farouk | Marlin | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 2:31:20 | 2:31:03 | 0:17 · Marlin faster |
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