Riaan vs James
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Riaan Hamilton
RSA · Open Men · 1 result James Brandt
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Riaan: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · James: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Riaan and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Riaan: strongest on Carry (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 13%).James: strongest on Lunges (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 15%).
See the numbers
| Part | Riaan: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 24% | 67% |
| Push | 40% | 63% |
| Pull | 49% | 21% |
| BBJ | 13% | 15% |
| Row | 56% | 39% |
| Carry | 79% | 44% |
| Lunges | 17% | 72% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 40% |
| Roxzone | 58% | 34% |
| Runs | 19% | 20% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Riaan | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 24% | 67% |
| Sled push | 40% | 63% |
| Sled pull | 49% | 21% |
| Burpee broad jump | 13% | 15% |
| Row | 56% | 39% |
| Farmers carry | 79% | 44% |
| Sandbag lunges | 17% | 72% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 40% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 58% | 34% |
| Runs (8 km) | 19% | 20% |
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.Riaan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 56:31 running, 44:13 at the stations and 6:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:03).Below, James · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 55:50 running, 43:01 at the stations and 7:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:46).
See the numbers
| Part | Riaan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | James · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:46 | 4:12 |
| SkiErg | 4:50 | 4:24 |
| Run 2 | 6:37 | 6:25 |
| Sled push | 3:05 | 2:41 |
| Run 3 | 6:32 | 6:55 |
| Sled pull | 4:54 | 6:06 |
| Run 4 | 6:46 | 7:18 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:03 | 8:46 |
| Run 5 | 7:09 | 7:46 |
| Row | 4:54 | 5:07 |
| Run 6 | 6:52 | 7:15 |
| Farmers carry | 1:58 | 2:28 |
| Run 7 | 7:29 | 7:25 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:01 | 5:03 |
| Run 8 | 8:19 | 8:33 |
| Wall balls | 7:28 | 8:26 |
| Roxzone | 6:07 | 7:46 |
| Finish | 1:46:39 | 1:46:28 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Riaan | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 | 1:46:39 | 1:46:28 | 0:11 · James faster |
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