Karabo vs Mdu
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Karabo Mashaba
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Mdu Khambule
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Karabo: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Mdu: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Karabo and Mdu sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Karabo: strongest on Runs (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 10%).Mdu: strongest on BBJ (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Karabo: faster than | Mdu: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 55% | 62% |
| Push | 55% | 71% |
| Pull | 23% | 13% |
| BBJ | 49% | 77% |
| Row | 41% | 48% |
| Carry | 63% | 10% |
| Lunges | 44% | 56% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 37% |
| Roxzone | 38% | 43% |
| Runs | 83% | 54% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Karabo | Mdu |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 55% | 62% |
| Sled push | 55% | 71% |
| Sled pull | 23% | 13% |
| Burpee broad jump | 49% | 77% |
| Row | 41% | 48% |
| Farmers carry | 63% | 10% |
| Sandbag lunges | 44% | 56% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 37% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 38% | 43% |
| Runs (8 km) | 83% | 54% |
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.Karabo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 40:10 running, 50:50 at the stations and 10:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:52).Below, Mdu · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 46:25 running, 44:56 at the stations and 9:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:42) and the shortest the sled push (2:54).
See the numbers
| Part | Karabo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men | Mdu · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:41 | 7:04 |
| SkiErg | 4:43 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 4:16 | 6:38 |
| Sled push | 3:12 | 2:54 |
| Run 3 | 4:32 | 4:32 |
| Sled pull | 7:01 | 7:42 |
| Run 4 | 4:27 | 4:31 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:03 | 5:37 |
| Run 5 | 4:26 | 4:50 |
| Row | 5:29 | 5:24 |
| Run 6 | 4:30 | 4:23 |
| Farmers carry | 2:13 | 3:18 |
| Run 7 | 4:21 | 4:43 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:16 | 5:40 |
| Run 8 | 6:57 | 9:44 |
| Wall balls | 14:52 | 9:42 |
| Roxzone | 10:00 | 9:33 |
| Finish | 1:40:53 | 1:40:43 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Karabo | Mdu | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 | 1:40:53 | 1:40:43 | 0:10 · Mdu faster |
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