Helder vs Ruan
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Helder Fernandes
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Ruan Prinsloo
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Helder: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Ruan: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Helder and Ruan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Helder: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 52%).Ruan: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 49%).
See the numbers
| Part | Helder: faster than | Ruan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 83% | 73% |
| Push | 65% | 49% |
| Pull | 91% | 89% |
| BBJ | 82% | 73% |
| Row | 87% | 56% |
| Carry | 52% | 61% |
| Lunges | 93% | 88% |
| Wall balls | 94% | 65% |
| Roxzone | 79% | 95% |
| Runs | 80% | 88% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Helder | Ruan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 83% | 73% |
| Sled push | 65% | 49% |
| Sled pull | 91% | 89% |
| Burpee broad jump | 82% | 73% |
| Row | 87% | 56% |
| Farmers carry | 52% | 61% |
| Sandbag lunges | 93% | 88% |
| Wall balls | 94% | 65% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 79% | 95% |
| Runs (8 km) | 80% | 88% |
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.Helder · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 42:07 running, 33:43 at the stations and 7:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:16).Below, Ruan · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 39:51 running, 37:50 at the stations and 5:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:42).
See the numbers
| Part | Helder · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men | Ruan · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:37 | 2:53 |
| SkiErg | 4:29 | 4:35 |
| Run 2 | 5:03 | 4:22 |
| Sled push | 3:28 | 3:55 |
| Run 3 | 5:20 | 5:06 |
| Sled pull | 4:19 | 4:24 |
| Run 4 | 5:20 | 4:45 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:15 | 5:44 |
| Run 5 | 5:38 | 5:29 |
| Row | 4:38 | 5:03 |
| Run 6 | 5:32 | 6:48 |
| Farmers carry | 2:18 | 2:11 |
| Run 7 | 5:39 | 5:03 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:00 | 4:16 |
| Run 8 | 5:58 | 5:25 |
| Wall balls | 5:16 | 7:42 |
| Roxzone | 7:05 | 5:37 |
| Finish | 1:22:48 | 1:23:10 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Helder | Ruan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:22:48 | 1:23:10 | 0:22 · Helder faster |
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