Franco vs Liam
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Franco Smit
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Liam Barnwell
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Franco: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Liam: Cape Town 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Franco and Liam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Franco: strongest on BBJ (faster than 21% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 1%).Liam: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 22% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Franco: faster than | Liam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 9% | 1% |
| Push | 15% | 5% |
| Pull | 1% | 5% |
| BBJ | 21% | 17% |
| Row | 5% | 4% |
| Carry | 8% | 3% |
| Lunges | 7% | 3% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 22% |
| Roxzone | 5% | 12% |
| Runs | 6% | 6% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Franco | Liam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 9% | 1% |
| Sled push | 15% | 5% |
| Sled pull | 1% | 5% |
| Burpee broad jump | 21% | 17% |
| Row | 5% | 4% |
| Farmers carry | 8% | 3% |
| Sandbag lunges | 7% | 3% |
| Wall balls | 8% | 22% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 5% | 12% |
| Runs (8 km) | 6% | 6% |
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.Franco · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 1:07:29 running, 1:01:07 at the stations and 13:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:16).Below, Liam · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 1:09:00 running, 1:00:57 at the stations and 11:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:41).
See the numbers
| Part | Franco · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men | Liam · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:53 | 6:34 |
| SkiErg | 5:02 | 5:41 |
| Run 2 | 8:57 | 7:03 |
| Sled push | 4:12 | 5:14 |
| Run 3 | 11:13 | 12:14 |
| Sled pull | 11:01 | 8:52 |
| Run 4 | 9:45 | 8:47 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:57 | 8:25 |
| Run 5 | 7:52 | 9:10 |
| Row | 6:56 | 7:44 |
| Run 6 | 7:24 | 7:48 |
| Farmers carry | 3:05 | 3:40 |
| Run 7 | 6:37 | 7:44 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:38 | 10:40 |
| Run 8 | 11:48 | 9:40 |
| Wall balls | 14:16 | 10:41 |
| Roxzone | 13:07 | 11:16 |
| Finish | 2:21:35 | 2:21:03 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Franco | Liam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 | 2:21:35 | 2:21:03 | 0:32 · Liam faster |
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