Ruan vs Phatlalalo

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Ruan Gerber

2:01:26 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
593rd of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers
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Phatlalalo Phatlalalo

2:00:55 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
591st of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers

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

Ruan: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Phatlalalo: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ruan and Phatlalalo 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%).Phatlalalo: strongest on Lunges (faster than 41% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 3%).

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Part Ruan: faster than Phatlalalo: faster than
Ski 45% 15%
Push 54% 12%
Pull 27% 3%
BBJ 29% 34%
Row 65% 29%
Carry 14% 8%
Lunges 5% 41%
Wall balls 22% 12%
Roxzone 10% 13%
Runs 30% 41%

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

Part by part

Part Ruan Phatlalalo
SkiErg 45% 15%
Sled push 54% 12%
Sled pull 27% 3%
Burpee broad jump 29% 34%
Row 65% 29%
Farmers carry 14% 8%
Sandbag lunges 5% 41%
Wall balls 22% 12%
Roxzone (moving) 10% 13%
Runs (8 km) 30% 41%

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

Ruan · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men2:01:26
8:024:485:243:135:356:475:348:425:385:095:343:095:2410:5812:2311:2713:48
Phatlalalo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men2:00:55
7:465:155:344:325:5210:085:398:165:325:435:413:315:446:238:2113:5813:07
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.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, Phatlalalo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 50:09 running, 57:46 at the stations and 13:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:58).

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Part Ruan · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men Phatlalalo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 8:02 7:46
SkiErg 4:48 5:15
Run 2 5:24 5:34
Sled push 3:13 4:32
Run 3 5:35 5:52
Sled pull 6:47 10:08
Run 4 5:34 5:39
Burpee broad jump 8:42 8:16
Run 5 5:38 5:32
Row 5:09 5:43
Run 6 5:34 5:41
Farmers carry 3:09 3:31
Run 7 5:24 5:44
Sandbag lunges 10:58 6:23
Run 8 12:23 8:21
Wall balls 11:27 13:58
Roxzone 13:48 13:07
Finish 2:01:26 2:00:55

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ruan Phatlalalo Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 2:01:26 2:00:55 0:31 · Phatlalalo faster
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