Dean vs Tom
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Dean Govender
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Tom Herbert
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Dean: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Tom: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Dean and Tom sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Dean: strongest on Runs (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 1%).Tom: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | Dean: faster than | Tom: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 75% | 33% |
| Push | 40% | 26% |
| Pull | 60% | 38% |
| BBJ | 61% | 51% |
| Row | 64% | 49% |
| Carry | 1% | 32% |
| Lunges | 67% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 51% |
| Roxzone | 58% | 76% |
| Runs | 79% | 65% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Dean | Tom |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 75% | 33% |
| Sled push | 40% | 26% |
| Sled pull | 60% | 38% |
| Burpee broad jump | 61% | 51% |
| Row | 64% | 49% |
| Farmers carry | 1% | 32% |
| Sandbag lunges | 67% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 28% | 51% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 58% | 76% |
| Runs (8 km) | 79% | 65% |
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.Dean · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 41:26 running, 43:59 at the stations and 6:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:58) and the shortest the sled push (3:27).Below, Tom · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 44:39 running, 42:01 at the stations and 5:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:03).
See the numbers
| Part | Dean · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Tom · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:16 | 4:20 |
| SkiErg | 4:18 | 4:42 |
| Run 2 | 4:56 | 5:32 |
| Sled push | 3:27 | 3:52 |
| Run 3 | 5:43 | 6:01 |
| Sled pull | 5:04 | 5:57 |
| Run 4 | 5:46 | 5:45 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:55 | 6:23 |
| Run 5 | 5:32 | 5:51 |
| Row | 4:55 | 5:07 |
| Run 6 | 5:07 | 5:35 |
| Farmers carry | 5:14 | 2:35 |
| Run 7 | 5:30 | 5:31 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:07 | 5:22 |
| Run 8 | 5:36 | 6:04 |
| Wall balls | 9:58 | 8:03 |
| Roxzone | 6:19 | 5:10 |
| Finish | 1:31:39 | 1:31:42 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Dean | Tom | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 | 1:31:39 | 1:31:42 | 0:03 · Dean faster |
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