Marlin vs Sizwe

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Marlin Petersen

2:31:03 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
614th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Sizwe Lechesa

2:28:30 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
612th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Marlin: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Sizwe: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Marlin and Sizwe sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Marlin: strongest on Runs (faster than 31% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).Sizwe: strongest on Ski (faster than 37% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 3%).

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Part Marlin: faster than Sizwe: faster than
Ski 17% 37%
Push 2% 7%
Pull 2% 3%
BBJ 1% 11%
Row 9% 17%
Carry 18% 36%
Lunges 1% 11%
Wall balls 2% 7%
Roxzone 13% 14%
Runs 31% 8%

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

Part by part

Part Marlin Sizwe
SkiErg 17% 37%
Sled push 2% 7%
Sled pull 2% 3%
Burpee broad jump 1% 11%
Row 9% 17%
Farmers carry 18% 36%
Sandbag lunges 1% 11%
Wall balls 2% 7%
Roxzone (moving) 13% 14%
Runs (8 km) 31% 8%

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

Marlin · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men2:31:03
3:225:199:007:496:1910:546:2315:246:415:596:422:547:0914:2910:0419:4113:00
Sizwe · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men2:28:30
3:405:009:166:1110:1710:179:4110:2612:025:459:162:329:078:178:3915:2712:43
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.Marlin · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 55:40 running, 1:22:29 at the stations and 13:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (19:41).Below, Sizwe · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 1:11:58 running, 1:03:54 at the stations and 12:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:27).

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Part Marlin · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men Sizwe · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:22 3:40
SkiErg 5:19 5:00
Run 2 9:00 9:16
Sled push 7:49 6:11
Run 3 6:19 10:17
Sled pull 10:54 10:17
Run 4 6:23 9:41
Burpee broad jump 15:24 10:26
Run 5 6:41 12:02
Row 5:59 5:45
Run 6 6:42 9:16
Farmers carry 2:54 2:32
Run 7 7:09 9:07
Sandbag lunges 14:29 8:17
Run 8 10:04 8:39
Wall balls 19:41 15:27
Roxzone 13:00 12:43
Finish 2:31:03 2:28:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Marlin Sizwe Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 2:31:03 2:28:30 2:33 · Sizwe faster
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