Retha vs Lydia
Retha van Zyl
Lydia Ndlovu
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Retha: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Women · Lydia: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Retha and Lydia sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Retha: strongest on BBJ (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 14%).Lydia: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Retha: faster than | Lydia: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 14% | 36% |
| Push | 51% | 37% |
| Pull | 47% | 21% |
| BBJ | 69% | 45% |
| Row | 38% | 10% |
| Carry | 49% | 29% |
| Lunges | 49% | 43% |
| Wall balls | 29% | 55% |
| Roxzone | 50% | 28% |
| Runs | 39% | 52% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Retha | Lydia |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 14% | 36% |
| Sled push | 51% | 37% |
| Sled pull | 47% | 21% |
| Burpee broad jump | 69% | 45% |
| Row | 38% | 10% |
| Farmers carry | 49% | 29% |
| Sandbag lunges | 49% | 43% |
| Wall balls | 29% | 55% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 50% | 28% |
| Runs (8 km) | 39% | 52% |
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.Retha · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Women: 58:00 running, 46:59 at the stations and 8:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:06).Below, Lydia · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Women: 54:11 running, 48:55 at the stations and 9:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (8:48).
See the numbers
| Part | Retha · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Women | Lydia · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:16 | 5:34 |
| SkiErg | 6:05 | 5:34 |
| Run 2 | 9:26 | 6:35 |
| Sled push | 2:52 | 3:06 |
| Run 3 | 7:10 | 6:32 |
| Sled pull | 7:05 | 8:48 |
| Run 4 | 7:40 | 6:27 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:51 | 8:20 |
| Run 5 | 7:10 | 7:12 |
| Row | 6:17 | 7:19 |
| Run 6 | 6:57 | 6:45 |
| Farmers carry | 2:19 | 2:35 |
| Run 7 | 6:40 | 7:02 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:24 | 5:39 |
| Run 8 | 8:40 | 8:04 |
| Wall balls | 10:06 | 7:34 |
| Roxzone | 8:23 | 9:53 |
| Finish | 1:53:13 | 1:52:52 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Retha | Lydia | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg (I) 2025 Open Women · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:53:13 | 1:52:52 | 0:21 · Lydia faster |
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