Daniel vs Markus

RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Daniel Eckstein

1:47:27 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
480th of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Markus Sass

1:47:17 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
478th of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers

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

Daniel: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Markus: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Daniel and Markus sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Daniel: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 22%).Markus: strongest on Carry (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 22%).

See the numbers
Part Daniel: faster than Markus: faster than
Ski 41% 53%
Push 35% 27%
Pull 31% 42%
BBJ 53% 40%
Row 49% 49%
Carry 50% 83%
Lunges 22% 43%
Wall balls 60% 51%
Roxzone 23% 32%
Runs 26% 22%

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

Part by part

Part Daniel Markus
SkiErg 41% 53%
Sled push 35% 27%
Sled pull 31% 42%
Burpee broad jump 53% 40%
Row 49% 49%
Farmers carry 50% 83%
Sandbag lunges 22% 43%
Wall balls 60% 51%
Roxzone (moving) 23% 32%
Runs (8 km) 26% 22%

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

Daniel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:47:27
4:334:376:323:357:116:177:076:186:575:067:002:187:067:379:017:288:51
Markus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:47:17
4:134:316:223:486:585:479:306:577:435:076:431:526:586:038:458:048:04
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.Daniel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 55:27 running, 43:16 at the stations and 8:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:37).Below, Markus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 57:13 running, 42:10 at the stations and 8:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:04).

See the numbers
Part Daniel · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Markus · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:33 4:13
SkiErg 4:37 4:31
Run 2 6:32 6:22
Sled push 3:35 3:48
Run 3 7:11 6:58
Sled pull 6:17 5:47
Run 4 7:07 9:30
Burpee broad jump 6:18 6:57
Run 5 6:57 7:43
Row 5:06 5:07
Run 6 7:00 6:43
Farmers carry 2:18 1:52
Run 7 7:06 6:58
Sandbag lunges 7:37 6:03
Run 8 9:01 8:45
Wall balls 7:28 8:04
Roxzone 8:51 8:04
Finish 1:47:27 1:47:17

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Daniel Markus Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 1:47:27 1:47:17 0:10 · Markus faster
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