Markus vs Barry

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Markus Sass

1:47:17 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
478th of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers
ZIM ZIM · Open Men · 4 results

Barry Mitchell

1:47:14 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
477th of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Markus: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Barry: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MarkusBarryedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Markus and Barry sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Markus: strongest on Carry (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 22%).Barry: strongest on Push (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 7%).

See the numbers
Part Markus: faster than Barry: faster than
Ski 53% 57%
Push 27% 78%
Pull 42% 50%
BBJ 40% 32%
Row 49% 69%
Carry 83% 52%
Lunges 43% 7%
Wall balls 51% 21%
Roxzone 32% 41%
Runs 22% 38%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Markus Barry
SkiErg 53% 57%
Sled push 27% 78%
Sled pull 42% 50%
Burpee broad jump 40% 32%
Row 49% 69%
Farmers carry 83% 52%
Sandbag lunges 43% 7%
Wall balls 51% 21%
Roxzone (moving) 32% 41%
Runs (8 km) 22% 38%

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

Markus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:47:17
4:134:316:223:486:585:479:306:577:435:076:431:526:586:038:458:048:04
Barry · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:47:14
6:114:286:082:406:405:276:307:326:424:526:372:176:359:346:4710:567:22
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Markus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 57:13 running, 42:10 at the stations and 8:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:04).Below, Barry · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 52:10 running, 47:46 at the stations and 7:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:56).

See the numbers
Part Markus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Barry · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:13 6:11
SkiErg 4:31 4:28
Run 2 6:22 6:08
Sled push 3:48 2:40
Run 3 6:58 6:40
Sled pull 5:47 5:27
Run 4 9:30 6:30
Burpee broad jump 6:57 7:32
Run 5 7:43 6:42
Row 5:07 4:52
Run 6 6:43 6:37
Farmers carry 1:52 2:17
Run 7 6:58 6:35
Sandbag lunges 6:03 9:34
Run 8 8:45 6:47
Wall balls 8:04 10:56
Roxzone 8:04 7:22
Finish 1:47:17 1:47:14

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Markus Barry Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 1:47:17 1:47:14 0:03 · Barry faster
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