Paul vs Max

RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Paul Gillingham

1:18:44 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
100th of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers
GER GER · Open Men · 4 results

Max Strack-Zimmermann

1:08:47 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
27th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Max: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Paul and Max sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Runs (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 16%).Max: strongest on BBJ (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 52%).

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Part Paul: faster than Max: faster than
Ski 85% 86%
Push 74% 75%
Pull 72% 85%
BBJ 77% 98%
Row 83% 92%
Carry 63% 52%
Lunges 16% 95%
Wall balls 72% 97%
Roxzone 90% 95%
Runs 95% 93%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Max
SkiErg 85% 86%
Sled push 74% 75%
Sled pull 72% 85%
Burpee broad jump 77% 98%
Row 83% 92%
Farmers carry 63% 52%
Sandbag lunges 16% 95%
Wall balls 72% 97%
Roxzone (moving) 90% 95%
Runs (8 km) 95% 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

Paul · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:18:44
3:144:124:312:454:424:434:395:044:524:414:422:084:368:154:556:344:15
Max · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:08:47
2:594:124:212:294:553:514:523:154:524:264:412:214:553:534:384:233:52
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.Paul · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 36:11 running, 38:22 at the stations and 4:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:15).Below, Max · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 36:13 running, 28:49 at the stations and 3:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:26).

See the numbers
Part Paul · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Max · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:14 2:59
SkiErg 4:12 4:12
Run 2 4:31 4:21
Sled push 2:45 2:29
Run 3 4:42 4:55
Sled pull 4:43 3:51
Run 4 4:39 4:52
Burpee broad jump 5:04 3:15
Run 5 4:52 4:52
Row 4:41 4:26
Run 6 4:42 4:41
Farmers carry 2:08 2:21
Run 7 4:36 4:55
Sandbag lunges 8:15 3:53
Run 8 4:55 4:38
Wall balls 6:34 4:23
Roxzone 4:15 3:52
Finish 1:18:44 1:08:47

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Paul Max Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 1:18:44 1:18:55 0:11 · Paul faster
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