Stefan vs Abel

RSA RSA · Pro Men · 4 results

Stefan Louw

1:08:46 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
26th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Abel Tristan van Dam

1:08:25 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
25th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Stefan: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Abel: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

50% SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
StefanAbeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Stefan and Abel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stefan: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 76%).Abel: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 86%).

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Part Stefan: faster than Abel: faster than
Ski 99% 98%
Push 99% 86%
Pull 95% 99%
BBJ 92% 86%
Row 97% 99%
Carry 76% 92%
Lunges 97% 98%
Wall balls 85% 93%
Roxzone 94% 89%
Runs 93% 92%

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

Part by part

Part Stefan Abel
SkiErg 99% 98%
Sled push 99% 86%
Sled pull 95% 99%
Burpee broad jump 92% 86%
Row 97% 99%
Farmers carry 76% 92%
Sandbag lunges 97% 98%
Wall balls 85% 93%
Roxzone (moving) 94% 89%
Runs (8 km) 93% 92%

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

Stefan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:08:46
3:013:574:161:474:393:294:393:514:504:184:492:015:023:445:055:313:54
Abel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:08:25
3:114:004:282:174:353:004:434:214:503:594:451:444:553:344:554:544:21
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.Stefan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 36:21 running, 28:38 at the stations and 3:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:31) and the shortest the sled push (1:47).Below, Abel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 36:22 running, 27:49 at the stations and 4:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:54).

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Part Stefan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Abel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:01 3:11
SkiErg 3:57 4:00
Run 2 4:16 4:28
Sled push 1:47 2:17
Run 3 4:39 4:35
Sled pull 3:29 3:00
Run 4 4:39 4:43
Burpee broad jump 3:51 4:21
Run 5 4:50 4:50
Row 4:18 3:59
Run 6 4:49 4:45
Farmers carry 2:01 1:44
Run 7 5:02 4:55
Sandbag lunges 3:44 3:34
Run 8 5:05 4:55
Wall balls 5:31 4:54
Roxzone 3:54 4:21
Finish 1:08:46 1:08:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Stefan Abel Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:08:46 1:08:25 0:21 · Abel faster
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