Ruan vs Thando
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Ruan Gerber
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Thando Bakumeni
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ruan: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Thando: Cape Town 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Ruan and Thando sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ruan: strongest on Row (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).Thando: strongest on Ski (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 8%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ruan: faster than | Thando: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 67% |
| Push | 54% | 40% |
| Pull | 27% | 44% |
| BBJ | 29% | 35% |
| Row | 65% | 42% |
| Carry | 14% | 27% |
| Lunges | 5% | 8% |
| Wall balls | 22% | 36% |
| Roxzone | 10% | 37% |
| Runs | 30% | 31% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ruan | Thando |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 45% | 67% |
| Sled push | 54% | 40% |
| Sled pull | 27% | 44% |
| Burpee broad jump | 29% | 35% |
| Row | 65% | 42% |
| Farmers carry | 14% | 27% |
| Sandbag lunges | 5% | 8% |
| Wall balls | 22% | 36% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 10% | 37% |
| Runs (8 km) | 30% | 31% |
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.Ruan · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 53:34 running, 54:13 at the stations and 13:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:27).Below, Thando · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 52:37 running, 45:24 at the stations and 8:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:11).
See the numbers
| Part | Ruan · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men | Thando · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 8:02 | 4:25 |
| SkiErg | 4:48 | 4:19 |
| Run 2 | 5:24 | 5:58 |
| Sled push | 3:13 | 3:20 |
| Run 3 | 5:35 | 6:25 |
| Sled pull | 6:47 | 5:30 |
| Run 4 | 5:34 | 6:26 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:42 | 6:51 |
| Run 5 | 5:38 | 6:44 |
| Row | 5:09 | 5:09 |
| Run 6 | 5:34 | 7:00 |
| Farmers carry | 3:09 | 2:31 |
| Run 7 | 5:24 | 7:10 |
| Sandbag lunges | 10:58 | 8:33 |
| Run 8 | 12:23 | 8:29 |
| Wall balls | 11:27 | 9:11 |
| Roxzone | 13:48 | 8:16 |
| Finish | 2:01:26 | 1:46:07 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ruan | Thando | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 | 2:01:26 | 2:01:35 | 0:09 · Ruan faster |
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