Robert vs Joel

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Robert Ball

1:36:54 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
226th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Joel Jordaan

1:36:43 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
225th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Robert: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Joel: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Robert and Joel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Robert: strongest on Lunges (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 30%).Joel: strongest on Push (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 37%).

See the numbers
Part Robert: faster than Joel: faster than
Ski 61% 37%
Push 64% 92%
Pull 52% 49%
BBJ 59% 74%
Row 66% 71%
Carry 71% 45%
Lunges 82% 90%
Wall balls 30% 64%
Roxzone 64% 60%
Runs 67% 54%

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

Part by part

Part Robert Joel
SkiErg 61% 37%
Sled push 64% 92%
Sled pull 52% 49%
Burpee broad jump 59% 74%
Row 66% 71%
Farmers carry 71% 45%
Sandbag lunges 82% 90%
Wall balls 30% 64%
Roxzone (moving) 64% 60%
Runs (8 km) 67% 54%

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

Robert · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men1:36:54
3:414:435:193:316:165:536:146:255:574:565:572:025:444:326:5810:438:11
Joel · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men1:36:43
5:395:005:222:356:085:595:565:416:564:516:002:236:344:117:207:468:31
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.Robert · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 46:06 running, 42:45 at the stations and 8:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:43).Below, Joel · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 49:55 running, 38:25 at the stations and 8:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:46).

See the numbers
Part Robert · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men Joel · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:41 5:39
SkiErg 4:43 5:00
Run 2 5:19 5:22
Sled push 3:31 2:35
Run 3 6:16 6:08
Sled pull 5:53 5:59
Run 4 6:14 5:56
Burpee broad jump 6:25 5:41
Run 5 5:57 6:56
Row 4:56 4:51
Run 6 5:57 6:00
Farmers carry 2:02 2:23
Run 7 5:44 6:34
Sandbag lunges 4:32 4:11
Run 8 6:58 7:20
Wall balls 10:43 7:46
Roxzone 8:11 8:31
Finish 1:36:54 1:36:43

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Robert Joel Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:36:54 1:36:43 0:11 · Joel faster
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