Jaco vs Taiba
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Jaco Hough
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Taiba Balaka
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Jaco: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Taiba: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Jaco and Taiba sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Jaco: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 23%).Taiba: strongest on Runs (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | Jaco: faster than | Taiba: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 46% | 13% |
| Push | 37% | 48% |
| Pull | 31% | 36% |
| BBJ | 44% | 43% |
| Row | 43% | 52% |
| Carry | 23% | 3% |
| Lunges | 25% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 47% | 19% |
| Roxzone | 57% | 51% |
| Runs | 33% | 54% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Jaco | Taiba |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 46% | 13% |
| Sled push | 37% | 48% |
| Sled pull | 31% | 36% |
| Burpee broad jump | 44% | 43% |
| Row | 43% | 52% |
| Farmers carry | 23% | 3% |
| Sandbag lunges | 25% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 47% | 19% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 57% | 51% |
| Runs (8 km) | 33% | 54% |
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.Jaco · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 50:58 running, 43:10 at the stations and 6:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:55).Below, Taiba · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 45:58 running, 47:40 at the stations and 6:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:33) and the shortest the sled push (2:57).
See the numbers
| Part | Jaco · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Taiba · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:26 | 3:48 |
| SkiErg | 4:35 | 5:07 |
| Run 2 | 5:47 | 4:53 |
| Sled push | 3:08 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 6:09 | 5:50 |
| Sled pull | 5:38 | 5:23 |
| Run 4 | 6:25 | 5:56 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:30 | 6:33 |
| Run 5 | 6:47 | 6:15 |
| Row | 5:02 | 4:56 |
| Run 6 | 7:12 | 6:10 |
| Farmers carry | 2:58 | 4:20 |
| Run 7 | 7:06 | 6:18 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:24 | 6:51 |
| Run 8 | 7:06 | 6:48 |
| Wall balls | 7:55 | 11:33 |
| Roxzone | 6:08 | 6:37 |
| Finish | 1:40:09 | 1:40:09 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Jaco | Taiba | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 | 1:40:09 | 1:40:09 | level |
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