Ali vs Adolf
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Ali Ndlovu
RSA · Open Men · 4 results Adolf Potgieter
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ali: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Adolf: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Ali and Adolf sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ali: strongest on Pull (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 24%).Adolf: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 54%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ali: faster than | Adolf: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 37% | 95% |
| Push | 40% | 97% |
| Pull | 94% | 87% |
| BBJ | 46% | 54% |
| Row | 55% | 94% |
| Carry | 85% | 72% |
| Lunges | 59% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 71% | 88% |
| Roxzone | 29% | 75% |
| Runs | 24% | 62% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ali | Adolf |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 37% | 95% |
| Sled push | 40% | 97% |
| Sled pull | 94% | 87% |
| Burpee broad jump | 46% | 54% |
| Row | 55% | 94% |
| Farmers carry | 85% | 72% |
| Sandbag lunges | 59% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 71% | 88% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 29% | 75% |
| Runs (8 km) | 24% | 62% |
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.Ali · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 58:59 running, 40:14 at the stations and 11:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:16).Below, Adolf · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 44:52 running, 35:23 at the stations and 7:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:50) and the shortest the sled push (2:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Ali · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men | Adolf · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:42 | 7:54 |
| SkiErg | 5:00 | 4:15 |
| Run 2 | 6:41 | 4:54 |
| Sled push | 4:11 | 2:04 |
| Run 3 | 6:30 | 4:51 |
| Sled pull | 4:08 | 4:25 |
| Run 4 | 6:31 | 5:06 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:11 | 6:50 |
| Run 5 | 6:41 | 5:04 |
| Row | 5:04 | 4:38 |
| Run 6 | 6:37 | 4:58 |
| Farmers carry | 1:53 | 2:06 |
| Run 7 | 8:00 | 4:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:31 | 5:14 |
| Run 8 | 10:17 | 7:09 |
| Wall balls | 7:16 | 5:51 |
| Roxzone | 11:07 | 7:22 |
| Finish | 1:50:10 | 1:27:28 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ali | Adolf | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:50:10 | 1:50:02 | 0:08 · Adolf faster |
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