Themba vs Luke

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 · 2 results

Luke Theron

1:53:19 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
508th 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 · Luke: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Themba and Luke 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%).Luke: strongest on Ski (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 6%).

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Part Themba: faster than Luke: faster than
Ski 50% 73%
Push 15% 35%
Pull 15% 34%
BBJ 39% 20%
Row 33% 35%
Carry 21% 57%
Lunges 21% 19%
Wall balls 43% 47%
Roxzone 30% 6%
Runs 35% 45%

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

Part by part

Part Themba Luke
SkiErg 50% 73%
Sled push 15% 35%
Sled pull 15% 34%
Burpee broad jump 39% 20%
Row 33% 35%
Farmers carry 21% 57%
Sandbag lunges 21% 19%
Wall balls 43% 47%
Roxzone (moving) 30% 6%
Runs (8 km) 35% 45%

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
Luke · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:53:19
7:144:334:483:354:596:285:149:445:455:355:342:175:327:5610:138:5615:03
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, Luke · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 49:19 running, 49:03 at the stations and 15:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:44).

See the numbers
Part Themba · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men Luke · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:57 7:14
SkiErg 4:46 4:33
Run 2 7:32 4:48
Sled push 4:23 3:35
Run 3 6:00 4:59
Sled pull 7:36 6:28
Run 4 5:36 5:14
Burpee broad jump 7:57 9:44
Run 5 5:14 5:45
Row 5:37 5:35
Run 6 5:38 5:34
Farmers carry 2:56 2:17
Run 7 5:51 5:32
Sandbag lunges 7:48 7:56
Run 8 9:12 10:13
Wall balls 9:22 8:56
Roxzone 10:45 15:03
Finish 1:53:02 1:53:19

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Themba Luke Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 1:53:02 1:53:19 0:17 · Themba faster
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