Mbongeni vs Russell
ZIM · Open Men · 2 results Mbongeni Maphosa
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Russell Hewes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mbongeni: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Russell: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Mbongeni and Russell 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%).Russell: strongest on Runs (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mbongeni: faster than | Russell: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 52% | 3% |
| Push | 21% | 4% |
| Pull | 7% | 7% |
| BBJ | 16% | 42% |
| Row | 45% | 8% |
| Carry | 2% | 14% |
| Lunges | 25% | 18% |
| Wall balls | 21% | 18% |
| Roxzone | 34% | 28% |
| Runs | 48% | 57% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mbongeni | Russell |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 52% | 3% |
| Sled push | 21% | 4% |
| Sled pull | 7% | 7% |
| Burpee broad jump | 16% | 42% |
| Row | 45% | 8% |
| Farmers carry | 2% | 14% |
| Sandbag lunges | 25% | 18% |
| Wall balls | 21% | 18% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 34% | 28% |
| Runs (8 km) | 48% | 57% |
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.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, Russell · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 32:31 running, 48:22 at the stations and 13:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Mbongeni · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Russell · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:34 | 3:19 |
| SkiErg | 4:49 | 5:38 |
| Run 2 | 3:48 | 3:40 |
| Sled push | 3:19 | 4:13 |
| Run 3 | 3:58 | 3:39 |
| Sled pull | 7:03 | 6:58 |
| Run 4 | 4:03 | 3:54 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:38 | 5:51 |
| Run 5 | 4:11 | 3:48 |
| Row | 4:59 | 5:41 |
| Run 6 | 4:06 | 3:54 |
| Farmers carry | 3:33 | 2:44 |
| Run 7 | 4:08 | 3:49 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:17 | 6:48 |
| Run 8 | 5:56 | 6:27 |
| Wall balls | 9:59 | 10:29 |
| Roxzone | 12:46 | 13:13 |
| Finish | 1:33:59 | 1:33:57 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mbongeni | Russell | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:33:59 | 1:33:57 | 0:02 · Russell faster |
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