Thobile vs Melissa
RSA · Open Women · 3 results Thobile Japi
RSA · Open Women · 6 results Melissa Viljoen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Thobile: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Women · Melissa: Cape Town 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Thobile and Melissa sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thobile: strongest on Ski (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 9%).Melissa: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 33%).
See the numbers
| Part | Thobile: faster than | Melissa: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 95% | 72% |
| Push | 90% | 96% |
| Pull | 83% | 86% |
| BBJ | 74% | 54% |
| Row | 74% | 88% |
| Carry | 9% | 83% |
| Lunges | 83% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 64% | 37% |
| Roxzone | 38% | 33% |
| Runs | 75% | 73% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Thobile | Melissa |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 95% | 72% |
| Sled push | 90% | 96% |
| Sled pull | 83% | 86% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 54% |
| Row | 74% | 88% |
| Farmers carry | 9% | 83% |
| Sandbag lunges | 83% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 64% | 37% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 38% | 33% |
| Runs (8 km) | 75% | 73% |
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.Thobile · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Women: 47:49 running, 38:58 at the stations and 9:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:57) and the shortest the sled push (2:11).Below, Melissa · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 47:41 running, 38:38 at the stations and 8:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:58).
See the numbers
| Part | Thobile · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Women | Melissa · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:56 | 4:15 |
| SkiErg | 4:43 | 5:04 |
| Run 2 | 5:54 | 5:55 |
| Sled push | 2:11 | 2:06 |
| Run 3 | 6:08 | 6:08 |
| Sled pull | 5:31 | 5:00 |
| Run 4 | 5:53 | 6:06 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:36 | 7:26 |
| Run 5 | 5:53 | 6:16 |
| Row | 5:37 | 5:07 |
| Run 6 | 6:15 | 6:04 |
| Farmers carry | 3:06 | 2:02 |
| Run 7 | 5:43 | 6:07 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:16 | 2:55 |
| Run 8 | 8:08 | 6:50 |
| Wall balls | 6:57 | 8:58 |
| Roxzone | 9:08 | 8:05 |
| Finish | 1:35:48 | 1:34:14 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Thobile | Melissa | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg (I) 2025 Open Women · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:35:48 | 1:35:45 | 0:03 · Melissa faster |
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