Mbongeni vs Sam

ZIM ZIM · Open Men · 2 results

Mbongeni Maphosa

1:33:59 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4157th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Sam Whittaker

1:21:14 best Open Men time · London 2025
891st of 1,917 place in that race · 1,917 Open Men finishers

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

Mbongeni: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Sam: London 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Mbongeni and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mbongeni: strongest on Ski (faster than 52% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 2%).Sam: strongest on Ski (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 25%).

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Part Mbongeni: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 52% 94%
Push 21% 78%
Pull 7% 86%
BBJ 16% 68%
Row 45% 79%
Carry 2% 84%
Lunges 25% 74%
Wall balls 21% 70%
Roxzone 34% 48%
Runs 48% 25%

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

Part by part

Part Mbongeni Sam
SkiErg 52% 94%
Sled push 21% 78%
Sled pull 7% 86%
Burpee broad jump 16% 68%
Row 45% 79%
Farmers carry 2% 84%
Sandbag lunges 25% 74%
Wall balls 21% 70%
Roxzone (moving) 34% 48%
Runs (8 km) 48% 25%

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

Mbongeni · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:33:59
3:344:493:483:193:587:034:037:384:114:594:063:334:086:175:569:5912:46
Sam · London 2025 · Open Men1:21:14
5:214:005:022:285:123:295:054:345:334:265:391:455:554:216:596:095:25
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.Mbongeni · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 33:44 running, 47:37 at the stations and 12:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:59) and the shortest the sled push (3:19).Below, Sam · London 2025 · Open Men: 44:46 running, 31:12 at the stations and 5:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:09).

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Part Mbongeni · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Sam · London 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:34 5:21
SkiErg 4:49 4:00
Run 2 3:48 5:02
Sled push 3:19 2:28
Run 3 3:58 5:12
Sled pull 7:03 3:29
Run 4 4:03 5:05
Burpee broad jump 7:38 4:34
Run 5 4:11 5:33
Row 4:59 4:26
Run 6 4:06 5:39
Farmers carry 3:33 1:45
Run 7 4:08 5:55
Sandbag lunges 6:17 4:21
Run 8 5:56 6:59
Wall balls 9:59 6:09
Roxzone 12:46 5:25
Finish 1:33:59 1:21:14

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Mbongeni Sam Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:33:59 1:33:58 0:01 · Sam faster
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