Ighsaan vs Abel

RSA RSA · Open Men · 7 results

Ighsaan Manuel

1:08:19 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
24th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Abel Tristan van Dam

1:08:25 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
25th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Ighsaan: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Abel: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

50% SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
IghsaanAbeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Ighsaan and Abel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ighsaan: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 37%).Abel: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 86%).

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Part Ighsaan: faster than Abel: faster than
Ski 86% 98%
Push 37% 86%
Pull 91% 99%
BBJ 98% 86%
Row 90% 99%
Carry 41% 92%
Lunges 84% 98%
Wall balls 76% 93%
Roxzone 99% 89%
Runs 98% 92%

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

Part by part

Part Ighsaan Abel
SkiErg 86% 98%
Sled push 37% 86%
Sled pull 91% 99%
Burpee broad jump 98% 86%
Row 90% 99%
Farmers carry 41% 92%
Sandbag lunges 84% 98%
Wall balls 76% 93%
Roxzone (moving) 99% 89%
Runs (8 km) 98% 92%

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

Ighsaan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:08:19
2:514:124:133:084:183:394:133:274:224:294:212:304:154:304:236:073:29
Abel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:08:25
3:114:004:282:174:353:004:434:214:503:594:451:444:553:344:554:544:21
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.Ighsaan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 32:56 running, 32:02 at the stations and 3:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:07).Below, Abel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 36:22 running, 27:49 at the stations and 4:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:54).

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Part Ighsaan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Abel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:51 3:11
SkiErg 4:12 4:00
Run 2 4:13 4:28
Sled push 3:08 2:17
Run 3 4:18 4:35
Sled pull 3:39 3:00
Run 4 4:13 4:43
Burpee broad jump 3:27 4:21
Run 5 4:22 4:50
Row 4:29 3:59
Run 6 4:21 4:45
Farmers carry 2:30 1:44
Run 7 4:15 4:55
Sandbag lunges 4:30 3:34
Run 8 4:23 4:55
Wall balls 6:07 4:54
Roxzone 3:29 4:21
Finish 1:08:19 1:08:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ighsaan Abel Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:08:19 1:08:25 0:06 · Ighsaan faster
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