Roy vs Wessel
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Roy Taberer
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Wessel Pretorius
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Roy: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Wessel: Cape Town 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Roy and Wessel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Roy: strongest on Carry (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 15%).Wessel: strongest on Carry (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 24%).
See the numbers
| Part | Roy: faster than | Wessel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 36% | 45% |
| Push | 59% | 57% |
| Pull | 61% | 42% |
| BBJ | 24% | 40% |
| Row | 55% | 42% |
| Carry | 89% | 70% |
| Lunges | 57% | 24% |
| Wall balls | 15% | 34% |
| Roxzone | 49% | 63% |
| Runs | 51% | 42% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Roy | Wessel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 36% | 45% |
| Sled push | 59% | 57% |
| Sled pull | 61% | 42% |
| Burpee broad jump | 24% | 40% |
| Row | 55% | 42% |
| Farmers carry | 89% | 70% |
| Sandbag lunges | 57% | 24% |
| Wall balls | 15% | 34% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 49% | 63% |
| Runs (8 km) | 51% | 42% |
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.Roy · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 47:16 running, 43:51 at the stations and 7:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:51).Below, Wessel · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 49:22 running, 42:48 at the stations and 6:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:21).
See the numbers
| Part | Roy · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men | Wessel · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:29 | 3:40 |
| SkiErg | 4:36 | 4:30 |
| Run 2 | 5:11 | 5:58 |
| Sled push | 2:54 | 2:57 |
| Run 3 | 5:56 | 6:34 |
| Sled pull | 4:56 | 5:33 |
| Run 4 | 5:57 | 6:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:38 | 6:34 |
| Run 5 | 5:59 | 6:33 |
| Row | 4:59 | 5:09 |
| Run 6 | 5:46 | 6:19 |
| Farmers carry | 1:41 | 1:57 |
| Run 7 | 5:58 | 6:30 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:17 | 6:47 |
| Run 8 | 7:00 | 7:24 |
| Wall balls | 11:51 | 9:21 |
| Roxzone | 7:33 | 6:39 |
| Finish | 1:38:33 | 1:38:42 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Roy | Wessel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:38:33 | 1:38:42 | 0:09 · Roy faster |
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