Marvin vs Phillip
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Marvin Absalom
RSA · Open Men · 5 results Phillip Meyer
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Marvin: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Phillip: Cape Town 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Marvin and Phillip sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Marvin: strongest on BBJ (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 10%).Phillip: strongest on BBJ (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 15%).
See the numbers
| Part | Marvin: faster than | Phillip: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 34% | 45% |
| Push | 16% | 48% |
| Pull | 10% | 51% |
| BBJ | 74% | 95% |
| Row | 16% | 26% |
| Carry | 23% | 46% |
| Lunges | 58% | 64% |
| Wall balls | 31% | 54% |
| Roxzone | 45% | 15% |
| Runs | 57% | 60% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Marvin | Phillip |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 34% | 45% |
| Sled push | 16% | 48% |
| Sled pull | 10% | 51% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 95% |
| Row | 16% | 26% |
| Farmers carry | 23% | 46% |
| Sandbag lunges | 58% | 64% |
| Wall balls | 31% | 54% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 45% | 15% |
| Runs (8 km) | 57% | 60% |
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.Marvin · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 46:52 running, 45:35 at the stations and 7:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:36).Below, Phillip · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 45:25 running, 36:55 at the stations and 10:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:36).
See the numbers
| Part | Marvin · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Phillip · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:14 | 3:46 |
| SkiErg | 4:41 | 4:30 |
| Run 2 | 5:26 | 5:23 |
| Sled push | 4:22 | 3:08 |
| Run 3 | 6:31 | 5:37 |
| Sled pull | 7:46 | 5:16 |
| Run 4 | 5:54 | 5:44 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:14 | 3:42 |
| Run 5 | 5:34 | 6:12 |
| Row | 5:40 | 5:27 |
| Run 6 | 5:37 | 5:49 |
| Farmers carry | 2:49 | 2:12 |
| Run 7 | 5:37 | 5:41 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:27 | 5:04 |
| Run 8 | 6:58 | 7:13 |
| Wall balls | 9:36 | 7:36 |
| Roxzone | 7:11 | 10:31 |
| Finish | 1:39:32 | 1:32:42 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Marvin | Phillip | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 | 1:39:32 | 1:39:49 | 0:17 · Marvin faster |
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