Faeez vs Francois

RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Faeez Williams

1:23:17 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
171st of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 10 results

Francois Marais

1:03:08 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
2nd of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers

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

Faeez: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Francois: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLunges
no split
Wall ballsRoxzoneRuns
FaeezFrancoisedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Faeez and Francois sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Faeez: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 39%).Francois: strongest on Runs (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 79%).

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Part Faeez: faster than Francois: faster than
Ski 46% 90%
Push 39% 81%
Pull 56% 96%
BBJ 79% 99%
Row 79% 99%
Carry 68% 98%
Lunges 85% no split
Wall balls 94% 99%
Roxzone 75% 79%
Runs 59% 99%

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

Part by part

Part Faeez Francois
SkiErg 46% 90%
Sled push 39% 81%
Sled pull 56% 96%
Burpee broad jump 79% 99%
Row 79% 99%
Farmers carry 68% 98%
Sandbag lunges 85% —
Wall balls 94% 99%
Roxzone (moving) 75% 79%
Runs (8 km) 59% 99%

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

Faeez · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:23:17
3:514:355:393:065:494:435:454:406:064:385:512:095:394:296:204:525:15
Francois · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:03:08
2:534:094:112:354:233:404:183:034:224:184:191:284:124:274:125:01
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.Faeez · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 45:00 running, 33:12 at the stations and 5:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:52).Below, Francois · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 33:05 running, 23:25 at the stations and 5:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:18).

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Part Faeez · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Francois · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:51 2:53
SkiErg 4:35 4:09
Run 2 5:39 4:11
Sled push 3:06 2:35
Run 3 5:49 4:23
Sled pull 4:43 3:40
Run 4 5:45 4:18
Burpee broad jump 4:40 3:03
Run 5 6:06 4:22
Row 4:38 4:18
Run 6 5:51 4:19
Farmers carry 2:09 1:28
Run 7 5:39 4:12
Sandbag lunges 4:29 —
Run 8 6:20 4:27
Wall balls 4:52 4:12
Roxzone 5:15 5:01
Finish 1:23:17 1:03:08

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Faeez Francois Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:23:17 1:23:20 0:03 · Faeez faster
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