Derek vs Adolf
RSA · Open Men · 6 results Derek Harvey
RSA · Open Men · 4 results Adolf Potgieter
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Derek: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Adolf: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Derek and Adolf sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Derek: strongest on Lunges (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 32%).Adolf: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 54%).
See the numbers
| Part | Derek: faster than | Adolf: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 67% | 95% |
| Push | 40% | 97% |
| Pull | 65% | 87% |
| BBJ | 32% | 54% |
| Row | 45% | 94% |
| Carry | 67% | 72% |
| Lunges | 79% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 88% |
| Roxzone | 75% | 75% |
| Runs | 40% | 62% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Derek | Adolf |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 67% | 95% |
| Sled push | 40% | 97% |
| Sled pull | 65% | 87% |
| Burpee broad jump | 32% | 54% |
| Row | 45% | 94% |
| Farmers carry | 67% | 72% |
| Sandbag lunges | 79% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 88% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 75% | 75% |
| Runs (8 km) | 40% | 62% |
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.Derek · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 50:07 running, 38:51 at the stations and 5:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:39).Below, Adolf · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 44:52 running, 35:23 at the stations and 7:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:50) and the shortest the sled push (2:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Derek · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men | Adolf · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:52 | 7:54 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:15 |
| Run 2 | 7:58 | 4:54 |
| Sled push | 3:20 | 2:04 |
| Run 3 | 6:53 | 4:51 |
| Sled pull | 4:47 | 4:25 |
| Run 4 | 6:45 | 5:06 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:07 | 6:50 |
| Run 5 | 7:06 | 5:04 |
| Row | 5:06 | 4:38 |
| Run 6 | 7:14 | 4:58 |
| Farmers carry | 1:59 | 2:06 |
| Run 7 | 5:11 | 4:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:34 | 5:14 |
| Run 8 | 6:08 | 7:09 |
| Wall balls | 7:39 | 5:51 |
| Roxzone | 5:55 | 7:22 |
| Finish | 1:34:47 | 1:27:28 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Derek | Adolf | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:50:13 | 1:50:02 | 0:11 · Adolf faster |
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