Rick vs Schalk
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Rick Volker
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Schalk Vermeulen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Rick: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Schalk: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Rick and Schalk sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Rick: strongest on Push (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 53%).Schalk: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 16%).
See the numbers
| Part | Rick: faster than | Schalk: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 77% | 99% |
| Push | 95% | 77% |
| Pull | 70% | 63% |
| BBJ | 67% | 39% |
| Row | 85% | 60% |
| Carry | 81% | 86% |
| Lunges | 59% | 16% |
| Wall balls | 74% | 82% |
| Roxzone | 64% | 66% |
| Runs | 53% | 72% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Rick | Schalk |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 77% | 99% |
| Sled push | 95% | 77% |
| Sled pull | 70% | 63% |
| Burpee broad jump | 67% | 39% |
| Row | 85% | 60% |
| Farmers carry | 81% | 86% |
| Sandbag lunges | 59% | 16% |
| Wall balls | 74% | 82% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 64% | 66% |
| Runs (8 km) | 53% | 72% |
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.Rick · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 46:10 running, 34:14 at the stations and 5:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:13).Below, Schalk · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 42:12 running, 38:17 at the stations and 5:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:10).
See the numbers
| Part | Rick · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Schalk · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:33 | 3:46 |
| SkiErg | 4:18 | 3:55 |
| Run 2 | 5:54 | 5:20 |
| Sled push | 2:03 | 2:27 |
| Run 3 | 5:59 | 5:37 |
| Sled pull | 4:20 | 4:32 |
| Run 4 | 6:06 | 5:30 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:17 | 6:45 |
| Run 5 | 5:52 | 5:23 |
| Row | 4:33 | 4:50 |
| Run 6 | 5:49 | 5:37 |
| Farmers carry | 1:56 | 1:50 |
| Run 7 | 5:49 | 5:36 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:34 | 8:10 |
| Run 8 | 6:08 | 5:23 |
| Wall balls | 6:13 | 5:48 |
| Roxzone | 5:44 | 5:38 |
| Finish | 1:26:01 | 1:26:03 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Rick | Schalk | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 | 1:26:01 | 1:26:03 | 0:02 · Rick faster |
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