Sheldon vs Adolph

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Sheldon Szekely

1:49:38 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
377th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Adolph Gossmann

1:49:49 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
378th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Sheldon: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Adolph: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sheldon and Adolph sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sheldon: strongest on Ski (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 30%).Adolph: strongest on Ski (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 12%).

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Part Sheldon: faster than Adolph: faster than
Ski 85% 77%
Push 57% 58%
Pull 45% 46%
BBJ 30% 70%
Row 78% 36%
Carry 65% 76%
Lunges 50% 59%
Wall balls 38% 54%
Roxzone 49% 12%
Runs 32% 33%

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

Part by part

Part Sheldon Adolph
SkiErg 85% 77%
Sled push 57% 58%
Sled pull 45% 46%
Burpee broad jump 30% 70%
Row 78% 36%
Farmers carry 65% 76%
Sandbag lunges 50% 59%
Wall balls 38% 54%
Roxzone (moving) 49% 12%
Runs (8 km) 32% 33%

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

Sheldon · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men1:49:38
4:064:288:453:407:086:096:328:177:164:466:152:076:495:528:419:339:21
Adolph · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men1:49:49
3:434:325:353:386:576:088:515:528:095:227:101:596:085:318:458:2613:12
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.Sheldon · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 55:32 running, 44:53 at the stations and 9:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:33).Below, Adolph · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 55:18 running, 41:28 at the stations and 13:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:26).

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Part Sheldon · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men Adolph · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:06 3:43
SkiErg 4:28 4:32
Run 2 8:45 5:35
Sled push 3:40 3:38
Run 3 7:08 6:57
Sled pull 6:09 6:08
Run 4 6:32 8:51
Burpee broad jump 8:17 5:52
Run 5 7:16 8:09
Row 4:46 5:22
Run 6 6:15 7:10
Farmers carry 2:07 1:59
Run 7 6:49 6:08
Sandbag lunges 5:52 5:31
Run 8 8:41 8:45
Wall balls 9:33 8:26
Roxzone 9:21 13:12
Finish 1:49:38 1:49:49

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sheldon Adolph Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:49:38 1:49:49 0:11 · Sheldon faster
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