Ben vs Jacques

RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Ben Collins

1:17:48 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2025
104th of 781 place in that race · 781 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 5 results

Jacques Louw

1:19:35 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
70th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers

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

Ben: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Jacques: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
BenJacquesedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Ben and Jacques sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ben: strongest on Row (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 74%).Jacques: strongest on Carry (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 66%).

See the numbers
Part Ben: faster than Jacques: faster than
Ski 74% 73%
Push 79% 66%
Pull 86% 72%
BBJ 76% 81%
Row 93% 88%
Carry 84% 94%
Lunges 91% 87%
Wall balls 82% 87%
Roxzone 85% 86%
Runs 77% 89%

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

Part by part

Part Ben Jacques
SkiErg 74% 73%
Sled push 79% 66%
Sled pull 86% 72%
Burpee broad jump 76% 81%
Row 93% 88%
Farmers carry 84% 94%
Sandbag lunges 91% 87%
Wall balls 82% 87%
Roxzone (moving) 85% 86%
Runs (8 km) 77% 89%

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

Ben · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men1:17:48
3:454:154:592:325:314:045:264:425:214:285:201:455:103:555:355:425:24
Jacques · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:19:35
6:284:334:022:594:164:594:305:264:214:484:121:424:124:216:245:586:34
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.Ben · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 41:07 running, 31:23 at the stations and 5:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:42).Below, Jacques · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 38:25 running, 34:46 at the stations and 6:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:58).

See the numbers
Part Ben · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men Jacques · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:45 6:28
SkiErg 4:15 4:33
Run 2 4:59 4:02
Sled push 2:32 2:59
Run 3 5:31 4:16
Sled pull 4:04 4:59
Run 4 5:26 4:30
Burpee broad jump 4:42 5:26
Run 5 5:21 4:21
Row 4:28 4:48
Run 6 5:20 4:12
Farmers carry 1:45 1:42
Run 7 5:10 4:12
Sandbag lunges 3:55 4:21
Run 8 5:35 6:24
Wall balls 5:42 5:58
Roxzone 5:24 6:34
Finish 1:17:48 1:19:35

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Ben Jacques Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 1:19:09 1:19:35 0:26 · Ben faster
Cape Town 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 1:17:48 1:23:58 6:10 · Ben faster
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