Shay vs Lesyl
RSA · Open Women · 2 results Shay McDonald
RSA · Open Women · 2 results Lesyl Potgieter
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Shay: Cape Town 2026, Open Women · Lesyl: Cape Town 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Shay and Lesyl sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Shay: strongest on Row (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 56%).Lesyl: strongest on Runs (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 29%).
See the numbers
| Part | Shay: faster than | Lesyl: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 83% | 51% |
| Push | 89% | 48% |
| Pull | 82% | 55% |
| BBJ | 58% | 76% |
| Row | 93% | 29% |
| Carry | 75% | 92% |
| Lunges | 71% | 69% |
| Wall balls | 56% | 74% |
| Roxzone | 63% | 81% |
| Runs | 72% | 96% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Shay | Lesyl |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 83% | 51% |
| Sled push | 89% | 48% |
| Sled pull | 82% | 55% |
| Burpee broad jump | 58% | 76% |
| Row | 93% | 29% |
| Farmers carry | 75% | 92% |
| Sandbag lunges | 71% | 69% |
| Wall balls | 56% | 74% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 63% | 81% |
| Runs (8 km) | 72% | 96% |
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.Shay · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 46:24 running, 37:30 at the stations and 6:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:00) and the shortest the sled push (2:06).Below, Lesyl · Cape Town 2025 · Open Women: 38:58 running, 38:58 at the stations and 5:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:12).
See the numbers
| Part | Shay · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women | Lesyl · Cape Town 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:34 | 3:25 |
| SkiErg | 4:53 | 5:15 |
| Run 2 | 5:55 | 4:53 |
| Sled push | 2:06 | 2:58 |
| Run 3 | 6:01 | 5:06 |
| Sled pull | 4:46 | 6:12 |
| Run 4 | 5:57 | 5:02 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:54 | 5:52 |
| Run 5 | 5:58 | 5:07 |
| Row | 4:54 | 6:07 |
| Run 6 | 5:54 | 5:01 |
| Farmers carry | 2:06 | 1:45 |
| Run 7 | 6:01 | 4:53 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:51 | 4:42 |
| Run 8 | 6:03 | 5:31 |
| Wall balls | 7:00 | 6:06 |
| Roxzone | 6:14 | 5:41 |
| Finish | 1:30:01 | 1:23:30 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Shay | Lesyl | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Women · 15 Aug 2026 | 1:30:01 | 1:29:37 | 0:24 · Lesyl faster |
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