Bongani vs Dewald

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Bongani Simelane

2:06:20 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
625th of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Dewald Hanekom

2:06:37 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
627th of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers

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

Bongani: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Dewald: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Bongani and Dewald sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Bongani: strongest on Ski (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 3%).Dewald: strongest on Row (faster than 31% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 0%).

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Part Bongani: faster than Dewald: faster than
Ski 78% 7%
Push 75% 23%
Pull 34% 15%
BBJ 17% 23%
Row 39% 31%
Carry 3% 0%
Lunges 49% 29%
Wall balls 10% 27%
Roxzone 8% 20%
Runs 10% 11%

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

Part by part

Part Bongani Dewald
SkiErg 78% 7%
Sled push 75% 23%
Sled pull 34% 15%
Burpee broad jump 17% 23%
Row 39% 31%
Farmers carry 3% 0%
Sandbag lunges 49% 29%
Wall balls 10% 27%
Roxzone (moving) 8% 20%
Runs (8 km) 10% 11%

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

Bongani · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men2:06:20
6:204:176:382:447:236:057:289:058:165:148:004:1610:085:509:5713:4810:55
Dewald · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men2:06:37
4:415:156:373:588:147:197:548:177:595:228:276:308:537:0210:5710:059:14
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.Bongani · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:04:10 running, 51:18 at the stations and 10:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:48) and the shortest the sled push (2:44).Below, Dewald · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:03:41 running, 53:48 at the stations and 9:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:05) and the shortest the sled push (3:58).

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Part Bongani · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Dewald · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:20 4:41
SkiErg 4:17 5:15
Run 2 6:38 6:37
Sled push 2:44 3:58
Run 3 7:23 8:14
Sled pull 6:05 7:19
Run 4 7:28 7:54
Burpee broad jump 9:05 8:17
Run 5 8:16 7:59
Row 5:14 5:22
Run 6 8:00 8:27
Farmers carry 4:16 6:30
Run 7 10:08 8:53
Sandbag lunges 5:50 7:02
Run 8 9:57 10:57
Wall balls 13:48 10:05
Roxzone 10:55 9:14
Finish 2:06:20 2:06:37

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Bongani Dewald Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 2:06:20 2:06:37 0:17 · Bongani faster
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