Shanika vs Venessa
RSA · Open Women · 7 results Shanika Reddy
RSA · Open Women · 4 results Venessa Nelson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Shanika: Cape Town 2026, Open Women · Venessa: Cape Town 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Shanika and Venessa sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Shanika: strongest on BBJ (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 17%).Venessa: strongest on Pull (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 49%).
See the numbers
| Part | Shanika: faster than | Venessa: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 55% | 71% |
| Push | 17% | 91% |
| Pull | 49% | 98% |
| BBJ | 92% | 88% |
| Row | 59% | 80% |
| Carry | 40% | 63% |
| Lunges | 63% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 72% | 49% |
| Roxzone | 74% | 86% |
| Runs | 77% | 71% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Shanika | Venessa |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 55% | 71% |
| Sled push | 17% | 91% |
| Sled pull | 49% | 98% |
| Burpee broad jump | 92% | 88% |
| Row | 59% | 80% |
| Farmers carry | 40% | 63% |
| Sandbag lunges | 63% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 72% | 49% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 74% | 86% |
| Runs (8 km) | 77% | 71% |
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.Shanika · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 44:41 running, 38:56 at the stations and 5:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:17).Below, Venessa · Cape Town 2025 · Open Women: 45:32 running, 35:38 at the stations and 5:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:14) and the shortest the sled push (2:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Shanika · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women | Venessa · Cape Town 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:32 | 3:30 |
| SkiErg | 5:14 | 5:01 |
| Run 2 | 5:21 | 5:20 |
| Sled push | 3:31 | 2:04 |
| Run 3 | 5:27 | 6:14 |
| Sled pull | 5:53 | 4:05 |
| Run 4 | 5:55 | 5:56 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:53 | 5:00 |
| Run 5 | 5:53 | 5:58 |
| Row | 5:28 | 5:14 |
| Run 6 | 6:00 | 6:00 |
| Farmers carry | 2:33 | 2:06 |
| Run 7 | 6:18 | 6:05 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:07 | 4:54 |
| Run 8 | 6:15 | 6:30 |
| Wall balls | 6:17 | 7:14 |
| Roxzone | 5:29 | 5:23 |
| Finish | 1:28:58 | 1:26:24 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Shanika | Venessa | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Women · 15 Aug 2026 | 1:28:58 | 1:29:04 | 0:06 · Shanika faster |
| Johannesburg 2025 Doubles Mixed · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:21:43 | 1:29:09 | 7:26 · Shanika faster |
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