Ryno vs Michel

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Ryno Theron

1:27:05 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
164th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Michel de Laroche

1:26:42 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
163rd of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers

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

Ryno: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Michel: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ryno and Michel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ryno: strongest on Row (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 29%).Michel: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 30%).

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Part Ryno: faster than Michel: faster than
Ski 80% 83%
Push 67% 78%
Pull 57% 49%
BBJ 72% 55%
Row 92% 86%
Carry 82% 30%
Lunges 65% 91%
Wall balls 29% 94%
Roxzone 90% 91%
Runs 86% 65%

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

Part by part

Part Ryno Michel
SkiErg 80% 83%
Sled push 67% 78%
Sled pull 57% 49%
Burpee broad jump 72% 55%
Row 92% 86%
Farmers carry 82% 30%
Sandbag lunges 65% 91%
Wall balls 29% 94%
Roxzone (moving) 90% 91%
Runs (8 km) 86% 65%

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

Ryno · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:27:05
5:334:285:322:584:265:314:225:524:284:424:231:594:105:196:3910:406:11
Michel · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:26:42
6:334:264:162:455:015:465:026:445:144:515:112:454:564:087:485:206:05
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.Ryno · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 39:33 running, 41:30 at the stations and 6:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:40).Below, Michel · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 44:01 running, 36:44 at the stations and 6:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:44) and the shortest the sled push (2:45).

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Part Ryno · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men Michel · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:33 6:33
SkiErg 4:28 4:26
Run 2 5:32 4:16
Sled push 2:58 2:45
Run 3 4:26 5:01
Sled pull 5:31 5:46
Run 4 4:22 5:02
Burpee broad jump 5:52 6:44
Run 5 4:28 5:14
Row 4:42 4:51
Run 6 4:23 5:11
Farmers carry 1:59 2:45
Run 7 4:10 4:56
Sandbag lunges 5:19 4:08
Run 8 6:39 7:48
Wall balls 10:40 5:20
Roxzone 6:11 6:05
Finish 1:27:05 1:26:42

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ryno Michel Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 1:27:05 1:26:42 0:23 · Michel faster
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