Jacob vs Joshua

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Jacob Ntesang

2:20:11 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
673rd of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Joshua Ngwarai

2:18:25 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
671st of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers

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

Jacob: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Joshua: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Jacob and Joshua 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%).Joshua: strongest on Carry (faster than 38% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 0%).

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Part Jacob: faster than Joshua: faster than
Ski 10% 13%
Push 12% 23%
Pull 3% 21%
BBJ 20% 6%
Row 19% 0%
Carry 19% 38%
Lunges 57% 23%
Wall balls 26% 14%
Roxzone 10% 37%
Runs 3% 4%

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

Part by part

Part Jacob Joshua
SkiErg 10% 13%
Sled push 12% 23%
Sled pull 3% 21%
Burpee broad jump 20% 6%
Row 19% 0%
Farmers carry 19% 38%
Sandbag lunges 57% 23%
Wall balls 26% 14%
Roxzone (moving) 10% 37%
Runs (8 km) 3% 4%

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

Jacob · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men2:20:11
3:415:087:384:4312:269:3811:048:3614:155:349:142:588:465:3110:2110:1110:36
Joshua · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men2:18:25
6:265:027:263:588:316:488:4911:109:447:189:452:2910:217:3412:4912:447:38
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.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, Joshua · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:13:51 running, 57:03 at the stations and 7:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:44).

See the numbers
Part Jacob · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Joshua · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:41 6:26
SkiErg 5:08 5:02
Run 2 7:38 7:26
Sled push 4:43 3:58
Run 3 12:26 8:31
Sled pull 9:38 6:48
Run 4 11:04 8:49
Burpee broad jump 8:36 11:10
Run 5 14:15 9:44
Row 5:34 7:18
Run 6 9:14 9:45
Farmers carry 2:58 2:29
Run 7 8:46 10:21
Sandbag lunges 5:31 7:34
Run 8 10:21 12:49
Wall balls 10:11 12:44
Roxzone 10:36 7:38
Finish 2:20:11 2:18:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Jacob Joshua Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 2:20:11 2:18:25 1:46 · Joshua faster
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