Thando vs Ruan
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Thando Bakumeni
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Ruan Gerber
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Thando: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Ruan: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Thando and Ruan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thando: strongest on Ski (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 8%).Ruan: strongest on Row (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | Thando: faster than | Ruan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 67% | 45% |
| Push | 40% | 54% |
| Pull | 44% | 27% |
| BBJ | 35% | 29% |
| Row | 42% | 65% |
| Carry | 27% | 14% |
| Lunges | 8% | 5% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 22% |
| Roxzone | 37% | 10% |
| Runs | 31% | 30% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Thando | Ruan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 67% | 45% |
| Sled push | 40% | 54% |
| Sled pull | 44% | 27% |
| Burpee broad jump | 35% | 29% |
| Row | 42% | 65% |
| Farmers carry | 27% | 14% |
| Sandbag lunges | 8% | 5% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 22% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 37% | 10% |
| Runs (8 km) | 31% | 30% |
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.Thando · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 52:37 running, 45:24 at the stations and 8:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:11).Below, Ruan · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 53:34 running, 54:13 at the stations and 13:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:27).
See the numbers
| Part | Thando · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men | Ruan · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:25 | 8:02 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:48 |
| Run 2 | 5:58 | 5:24 |
| Sled push | 3:20 | 3:13 |
| Run 3 | 6:25 | 5:35 |
| Sled pull | 5:30 | 6:47 |
| Run 4 | 6:26 | 5:34 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:51 | 8:42 |
| Run 5 | 6:44 | 5:38 |
| Row | 5:09 | 5:09 |
| Run 6 | 7:00 | 5:34 |
| Farmers carry | 2:31 | 3:09 |
| Run 7 | 7:10 | 5:24 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:33 | 10:58 |
| Run 8 | 8:29 | 12:23 |
| Wall balls | 9:11 | 11:27 |
| Roxzone | 8:16 | 13:48 |
| Finish | 1:46:07 | 2:01:26 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Thando | Ruan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 | 2:01:35 | 2:01:26 | 0:09 · Ruan faster |
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