Alef vs Phinas

RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Alef Meulenberg

1:48:42 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
364th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
ZAM ZAM · Open Men · 1 result

Phinas Nyendwa

1:48:46 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
365th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Alef: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Phinas: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Alef and Phinas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alef: strongest on Carry (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 19%).Phinas: strongest on Push (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 15%).

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Part Alef: faster than Phinas: faster than
Ski 65% 43%
Push 64% 96%
Pull 52% 55%
BBJ 32% 67%
Row 57% 48%
Carry 84% 80%
Lunges 60% 94%
Wall balls 52% 71%
Roxzone 19% 74%
Runs 39% 15%

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

Part by part

Part Alef Phinas
SkiErg 65% 43%
Sled push 64% 96%
Sled pull 52% 55%
Burpee broad jump 32% 67%
Row 57% 48%
Farmers carry 84% 80%
Sandbag lunges 60% 94%
Wall balls 52% 71%
Roxzone (moving) 19% 74%
Runs (8 km) 39% 15%

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

Alef · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men1:48:42
4:184:416:233:306:565:526:518:087:015:026:591:547:035:268:038:3512:08
Phinas · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men1:48:46
3:084:568:072:208:525:448:396:008:465:118:191:578:343:599:357:177:32
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.Alef · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 53:34 running, 43:07 at the stations and 12:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:35).Below, Phinas · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 1:04:01 running, 37:23 at the stations and 7:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:17).

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Part Alef · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men Phinas · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:18 3:08
SkiErg 4:41 4:56
Run 2 6:23 8:07
Sled push 3:30 2:20
Run 3 6:56 8:52
Sled pull 5:52 5:44
Run 4 6:51 8:39
Burpee broad jump 8:08 6:00
Run 5 7:01 8:46
Row 5:02 5:11
Run 6 6:59 8:19
Farmers carry 1:54 1:57
Run 7 7:03 8:34
Sandbag lunges 5:26 3:59
Run 8 8:03 9:35
Wall balls 8:35 7:17
Roxzone 12:08 7:32
Finish 1:48:42 1:48:46

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Alef Phinas Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:48:42 1:48:46 0:04 · Alef faster
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