Daniel vs Bethel

RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Daniel van der Merwe

1:16:07 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
50th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers
COD COD · Open Men · 1 result

Bethel Sanza

1:16:26 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
51st of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers

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

Daniel: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Bethel: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Daniel and Bethel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Daniel: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 61%).Bethel: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 62%).

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Part Daniel: faster than Bethel: faster than
Ski 99% 99%
Push 89% 62%
Pull 61% 94%
BBJ 75% 80%
Row 93% 94%
Carry 98% 95%
Lunges 90% 76%
Wall balls 89% 84%
Roxzone 94% 93%
Runs 93% 93%

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

Part by part

Part Daniel Bethel
SkiErg 99% 99%
Sled push 89% 62%
Sled pull 61% 94%
Burpee broad jump 75% 80%
Row 93% 94%
Farmers carry 98% 95%
Sandbag lunges 90% 76%
Wall balls 89% 84%
Roxzone (moving) 94% 93%
Runs (8 km) 93% 93%

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

Daniel · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:16:07
5:464:063:522:274:095:224:065:424:134:394:071:334:094:126:125:495:51
Bethel · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:16:26
5:374:063:483:044:234:054:045:294:104:384:071:414:084:526:146:115:57
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.Daniel · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 36:35 running, 33:50 at the stations and 5:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:49).Below, Bethel · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 36:31 running, 34:05 at the stations and 5:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:11).

See the numbers
Part Daniel · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men Bethel · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:46 5:37
SkiErg 4:06 4:06
Run 2 3:52 3:48
Sled push 2:27 3:04
Run 3 4:09 4:23
Sled pull 5:22 4:05
Run 4 4:06 4:04
Burpee broad jump 5:42 5:29
Run 5 4:13 4:10
Row 4:39 4:38
Run 6 4:07 4:07
Farmers carry 1:33 1:41
Run 7 4:09 4:08
Sandbag lunges 4:12 4:52
Run 8 6:12 6:14
Wall balls 5:49 6:11
Roxzone 5:51 5:57
Finish 1:16:07 1:16:26

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Daniel Bethel Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 1:16:07 1:16:26 0:19 · Daniel faster
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