Matthew vs Ruan
RSA · Pro Men · 3 results Matthew van Huyssteen
RSA · Pro Men · 6 results Ruan du Toit
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matthew: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Pro Men · Ruan: Cape Town 2024, Open Men
Not the same division. Matthew's race here is Pro Men and Ruan's is Open Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.
no splitPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
This chart shows where Matthew and Ruan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Push (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 25%).Ruan: strongest on BBJ (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 33%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew: faster than | Ruan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 60% | 77% |
| Push | 90% | no split |
| Pull | 52% | 61% |
| BBJ | 46% | 99% |
| Row | 52% | 63% |
| Carry | 40% | 33% |
| Lunges | 25% | 85% |
| Wall balls | 54% | 96% |
| Roxzone | 54% | 82% |
| Runs | 27% | 70% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matthew | Ruan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 60% | 77% |
| Sled push | 90% | — |
| Sled pull | 52% | 61% |
| Burpee broad jump | 46% | 99% |
| Row | 52% | 63% |
| Farmers carry | 40% | 33% |
| Sandbag lunges | 25% | 85% |
| Wall balls | 54% | 96% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 54% | 82% |
| Runs (8 km) | 27% | 70% |
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.Matthew · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Pro Men: 48:35 running, 40:24 at the stations and 6:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:33).Below, Ruan · Cape Town 2024 · Open Men: 40:37 running, 27:18 at the stations and 5:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:44).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Pro Men | Ruan · Cape Town 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:59 | 4:45 |
| SkiErg | 4:13 | 4:05 |
| Run 2 | 5:44 | 4:42 |
| Sled push | 2:40 | — |
| Run 3 | 6:24 | 5:04 |
| Sled pull | 7:11 | 4:20 |
| Run 4 | 6:09 | 5:09 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:05 | 3:06 |
| Run 5 | 6:31 | 5:36 |
| Row | 4:51 | 4:44 |
| Run 6 | 6:19 | 4:54 |
| Farmers carry | 2:28 | 2:26 |
| Run 7 | 6:23 | 5:02 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:23 | 4:09 |
| Run 8 | 7:06 | 5:25 |
| Wall balls | 7:33 | 4:29 |
| Roxzone | 6:20 | 5:34 |
| Finish | 1:35:12 | 1:14:26 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matthew | Ruan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg (I) 2025 Pro Men · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:35:12 | 1:34:57 | 0:15 · Ruan faster |
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