Shaun vs Christiaan
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Shaun Barkhuizen
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Christiaan Engelbrecht
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Shaun: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Christiaan: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Shaun and Christiaan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Shaun: strongest on Runs (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 31%).Christiaan: strongest on Lunges (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 15%).
See the numbers
| Part | Shaun: faster than | Christiaan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 63% | 52% |
| Push | 31% | 42% |
| Pull | 39% | 65% |
| BBJ | 33% | 30% |
| Row | 69% | 56% |
| Carry | 58% | 15% |
| Lunges | 34% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 53% |
| Roxzone | 38% | 54% |
| Runs | 72% | 59% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Shaun | Christiaan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 63% | 52% |
| Sled push | 31% | 42% |
| Sled pull | 39% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 33% | 30% |
| Row | 69% | 56% |
| Farmers carry | 58% | 15% |
| Sandbag lunges | 34% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 53% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 38% | 54% |
| Runs (8 km) | 72% | 59% |
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.Shaun · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 42:11 running, 41:53 at the stations and 7:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:00).Below, Christiaan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 44:54 running, 40:16 at the stations and 6:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:27) and the shortest the sled push (3:02).
See the numbers
| Part | Shaun · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Christiaan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:24 | 3:56 |
| SkiErg | 4:26 | 4:32 |
| Run 2 | 4:59 | 5:12 |
| Sled push | 3:15 | 3:02 |
| Run 3 | 5:26 | 5:35 |
| Sled pull | 5:15 | 4:29 |
| Run 4 | 5:28 | 5:29 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:07 | 7:22 |
| Run 5 | 5:39 | 5:45 |
| Row | 4:44 | 4:54 |
| Run 6 | 5:39 | 7:17 |
| Farmers carry | 2:17 | 3:15 |
| Run 7 | 5:29 | 5:24 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:50 | 5:15 |
| Run 8 | 6:07 | 6:17 |
| Wall balls | 8:00 | 7:27 |
| Roxzone | 7:30 | 6:21 |
| Finish | 1:31:27 | 1:31:27 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Shaun | Christiaan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 | 1:31:27 | 1:31:27 | level |
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