Themba vs Kabelo

RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Themba Mathebula

1:53:02 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
507th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Kabelo Makhaya

1:52:58 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
506th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers

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

Themba: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Kabelo: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Themba and Kabelo sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Themba: strongest on Ski (faster than 50% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 15%).Kabelo: strongest on Ski (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 17%).

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Part Themba: faster than Kabelo: faster than
Ski 50% 63%
Push 15% 17%
Pull 15% 60%
BBJ 39% 45%
Row 33% 38%
Carry 21% 50%
Lunges 21% 31%
Wall balls 43% 62%
Roxzone 30% 21%
Runs 35% 21%

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

Part by part

Part Themba Kabelo
SkiErg 50% 63%
Sled push 15% 17%
Sled pull 15% 60%
Burpee broad jump 39% 45%
Row 33% 38%
Farmers carry 21% 50%
Sandbag lunges 21% 31%
Wall balls 43% 62%
Roxzone (moving) 30% 21%
Runs (8 km) 35% 21%

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

Themba · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:53:02
6:574:467:324:236:007:365:367:575:145:375:382:565:517:489:129:2210:45
Kabelo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:52:58
8:234:385:424:156:015:245:517:246:465:327:222:246:316:5910:197:4311:51
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.Themba · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 51:59 running, 50:25 at the stations and 10:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:22).Below, Kabelo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 56:56 running, 44:19 at the stations and 11:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:43).

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Part Themba · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men Kabelo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:57 8:23
SkiErg 4:46 4:38
Run 2 7:32 5:42
Sled push 4:23 4:15
Run 3 6:00 6:01
Sled pull 7:36 5:24
Run 4 5:36 5:51
Burpee broad jump 7:57 7:24
Run 5 5:14 6:46
Row 5:37 5:32
Run 6 5:38 7:22
Farmers carry 2:56 2:24
Run 7 5:51 6:31
Sandbag lunges 7:48 6:59
Run 8 9:12 10:19
Wall balls 9:22 7:43
Roxzone 10:45 11:51
Finish 1:53:02 1:52:58

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Themba Kabelo Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 1:53:02 1:52:58 0:04 · Kabelo faster
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