Eugene vs Arnold

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Eugene du Plessis

1:38:20 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
381st of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Arnold Heymans

1:38:32 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
382nd of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Eugene: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Arnold: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
EugeneArnoldedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Eugene and Arnold sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Eugene: strongest on Push (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 13%).Arnold: strongest on Ski (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 21%).

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Part Eugene: faster than Arnold: faster than
Ski 13% 77%
Push 80% 69%
Pull 74% 48%
BBJ 44% 21%
Row 35% 65%
Carry 45% 60%
Lunges 30% 50%
Wall balls 58% 24%
Roxzone 34% 54%
Runs 35% 42%

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

Part by part

Part Eugene Arnold
SkiErg 13% 77%
Sled push 80% 69%
Sled pull 74% 48%
Burpee broad jump 44% 21%
Row 35% 65%
Farmers carry 45% 60%
Sandbag lunges 30% 50%
Wall balls 58% 24%
Roxzone (moving) 34% 54%
Runs (8 km) 35% 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

Eugene · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:38:20
5:535:075:382:256:184:136:066:296:385:106:162:276:277:057:177:117:48
Arnold · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:38:32
4:284:186:132:336:224:566:158:076:254:476:112:156:155:566:5210:246:24
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.Eugene · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 50:32 running, 40:07 at the stations and 7:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:11) and the shortest the sled push (2:25).Below, Arnold · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 49:02 running, 43:16 at the stations and 6:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:24).

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Part Eugene · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Arnold · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:53 4:28
SkiErg 5:07 4:18
Run 2 5:38 6:13
Sled push 2:25 2:33
Run 3 6:18 6:22
Sled pull 4:13 4:56
Run 4 6:06 6:15
Burpee broad jump 6:29 8:07
Run 5 6:38 6:25
Row 5:10 4:47
Run 6 6:16 6:11
Farmers carry 2:27 2:15
Run 7 6:27 6:15
Sandbag lunges 7:05 5:56
Run 8 7:17 6:52
Wall balls 7:11 10:24
Roxzone 7:48 6:24
Finish 1:38:20 1:38:32

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Eugene Arnold Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:38:20 1:38:32 0:12 · Eugene faster
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