Mark vs Herkie
RSA · Open Men · 5 results Mark du Preez
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Herkie du Preez
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mark: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Herkie: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Mark and Herkie sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 43%).Herkie: strongest on BBJ (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 59%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mark: faster than | Herkie: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 91% | 66% |
| Push | 99% | 89% |
| Pull | 97% | 59% |
| BBJ | 80% | 96% |
| Row | 88% | 87% |
| Carry | 87% | 67% |
| Lunges | 80% | 91% |
| Wall balls | 86% | 86% |
| Roxzone | 49% | 75% |
| Runs | 43% | 86% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mark | Herkie |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 91% | 66% |
| Sled push | 99% | 89% |
| Sled pull | 97% | 59% |
| Burpee broad jump | 80% | 96% |
| Row | 88% | 87% |
| Farmers carry | 87% | 67% |
| Sandbag lunges | 80% | 91% |
| Wall balls | 86% | 86% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 49% | 75% |
| Runs (8 km) | 43% | 86% |
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.Mark · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 50:22 running, 31:10 at the stations and 6:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:45).Below, Herkie · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 39:34 running, 33:49 at the stations and 7:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:01).
See the numbers
| Part | Mark · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Herkie · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:42 | 6:55 |
| SkiErg | 4:08 | 4:36 |
| Run 2 | 5:37 | 4:10 |
| Sled push | 1:50 | 2:28 |
| Run 3 | 6:15 | 4:26 |
| Sled pull | 3:38 | 5:26 |
| Run 4 | 6:29 | 4:32 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:55 | 4:11 |
| Run 5 | 7:52 | 4:39 |
| Row | 4:35 | 4:49 |
| Run 6 | 6:46 | 4:20 |
| Farmers carry | 1:48 | 2:10 |
| Run 7 | 6:23 | 4:16 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:32 | 4:08 |
| Run 8 | 7:18 | 6:16 |
| Wall balls | 5:45 | 6:01 |
| Roxzone | 6:55 | 7:25 |
| Finish | 1:28:21 | 1:20:40 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mark | Herkie | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 | 1:28:21 | 1:28:23 | 0:02 · Mark faster |
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