Albert vs Sobhuza

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Albert Smith

1:42:35 best Open Men time · Johannesburg (I) 2025
228th of 422 place in that race · 422 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Sobhuza Nkosi

1:40:58 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2025
463rd of 781 place in that race · 781 Open Men finishers

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

Albert: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Men · Sobhuza: Cape Town 2025, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
AlbertSobhuzaedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Albert and Sobhuza sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Albert: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 28%).Sobhuza: strongest on Push (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 2%).

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Part Albert: faster than Sobhuza: faster than
Ski 62% 49%
Push 55% 82%
Pull 66% 8%
BBJ 46% 72%
Row 58% 2%
Carry 28% 71%
Lunges 45% 40%
Wall balls 92% 73%
Roxzone 39% 46%
Runs 32% 35%

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

Part by part

Part Albert Sobhuza
SkiErg 62% 49%
Sled push 55% 82%
Sled pull 66% 8%
Burpee broad jump 46% 72%
Row 58% 2%
Farmers carry 28% 71%
Sandbag lunges 45% 40%
Wall balls 92% 73%
Roxzone (moving) 39% 46%
Runs (8 km) 32% 35%

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

Albert · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men1:42:35
4:034:275:532:536:394:446:566:587:315:089:372:406:585:478:135:288:47
Sobhuza · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men1:40:58
5:364:285:192:295:308:055:374:566:038:065:491:566:425:5510:396:187:39
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.Albert · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men: 55:50 running, 38:05 at the stations and 8:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:58).Below, Sobhuza · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 51:16 running, 42:13 at the stations and 7:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (8:06).

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Part Albert · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men Sobhuza · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:03 5:36
SkiErg 4:27 4:28
Run 2 5:53 5:19
Sled push 2:53 2:29
Run 3 6:39 5:30
Sled pull 4:44 8:05
Run 4 6:56 5:37
Burpee broad jump 6:58 4:56
Run 5 7:31 6:03
Row 5:08 8:06
Run 6 9:37 5:49
Farmers carry 2:40 1:56
Run 7 6:58 6:42
Sandbag lunges 5:47 5:55
Run 8 8:13 10:39
Wall balls 5:28 6:18
Roxzone 8:47 7:39
Finish 1:42:35 1:40:58

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Albert Sobhuza Gap
Johannesburg (I) 2025 Open Men · 1 Mar 2025 1:42:35 1:42:37 0:02 · Albert faster
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