Jacob vs Gareth
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Jacob Ntesang
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Gareth Smithdorf
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Jacob: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Gareth: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Jacob and Gareth sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Jacob: strongest on Lunges (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 3%).Gareth: strongest on Push (faster than 38% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Jacob: faster than | Gareth: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 10% | 3% |
| Push | 12% | 38% |
| Pull | 3% | 12% |
| BBJ | 20% | 8% |
| Row | 19% | 8% |
| Carry | 19% | 7% |
| Lunges | 57% | 1% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 30% |
| Roxzone | 10% | 11% |
| Runs | 3% | 7% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Jacob | Gareth |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 10% | 3% |
| Sled push | 12% | 38% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 12% |
| Burpee broad jump | 20% | 8% |
| Row | 19% | 8% |
| Farmers carry | 19% | 7% |
| Sandbag lunges | 57% | 1% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 30% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 10% | 11% |
| Runs (8 km) | 3% | 7% |
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.Jacob · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:17:25 running, 52:19 at the stations and 10:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:11).Below, Gareth · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:09:31 running, 1:00:34 at the stations and 10:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (14:02) and the shortest the sled push (3:32).
See the numbers
| Part | Jacob · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Gareth · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:41 | 7:01 |
| SkiErg | 5:08 | 5:24 |
| Run 2 | 7:38 | 7:00 |
| Sled push | 4:43 | 3:32 |
| Run 3 | 12:26 | 9:55 |
| Sled pull | 9:38 | 7:32 |
| Run 4 | 11:04 | 8:42 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:36 | 10:48 |
| Run 5 | 14:15 | 8:48 |
| Row | 5:34 | 5:56 |
| Run 6 | 9:14 | 9:07 |
| Farmers carry | 2:58 | 3:39 |
| Run 7 | 8:46 | 9:08 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:31 | 14:02 |
| Run 8 | 10:21 | 9:49 |
| Wall balls | 10:11 | 9:42 |
| Roxzone | 10:36 | 10:18 |
| Finish | 2:20:11 | 2:20:20 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Jacob | Gareth | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 | 2:20:11 | 2:20:20 | 0:09 · Jacob faster |
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