Simangele vs Samantha

RSA RSA · Open Women · 1 result

Simangele Mphahlele

2:59:06 best Open Women time · Johannesburg 2026
608th of 627 place in that race · 627 Open Women finishers
ZIM ZIM · Open Women · 1 result

Samantha Emberton

3:00:14 best Open Women time · Johannesburg 2026
609th of 627 place in that race · 627 Open Women finishers

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

Simangele: Johannesburg 2026, Open Women · Samantha: Johannesburg 2026, Open Women

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

This chart shows where Simangele and Samantha sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simangele: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 35% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 0%).Samantha: strongest on Ski (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 0%).

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Part Simangele: faster than Samantha: faster than
Ski 1% 60%
Push 29% 37%
Pull 12% 28%
BBJ 4% 0%
Row 9% 8%
Carry 0% 23%
Lunges 5% 3%
Wall balls 11% 14%
Roxzone 35% 7%
Runs 3% 4%

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

Part by part

Part Simangele Samantha
SkiErg 1% 60%
Sled push 29% 37%
Sled pull 12% 28%
Burpee broad jump 4% 0%
Row 9% 8%
Farmers carry 0% 23%
Sandbag lunges 5% 3%
Wall balls 11% 14%
Roxzone (moving) 35% 7%
Runs (8 km) 3% 4%

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

Simangele · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women2:59:06
11:587:228:093:278:349:499:1418:249:117:239:096:229:1610:4024:1614:1711:43
Samantha · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women3:00:14
12:255:358:323:179:068:229:4726:3310:137:249:263:119:3512:2615:5113:1115:28
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.Simangele · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women: 1:29:47 running, 1:17:44 at the stations and 11:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (18:24) and the shortest the sled push (3:27).Below, Samantha · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women: 1:24:55 running, 1:19:58 at the stations and 15:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (26:33).

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Part Simangele · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women Samantha · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women
Run 1 11:58 12:25
SkiErg 7:22 5:35
Run 2 8:09 8:32
Sled push 3:27 3:17
Run 3 8:34 9:06
Sled pull 9:49 8:22
Run 4 9:14 9:47
Burpee broad jump 18:24 26:33
Run 5 9:11 10:13
Row 7:23 7:24
Run 6 9:09 9:26
Farmers carry 6:22 3:11
Run 7 9:16 9:35
Sandbag lunges 10:40 12:26
Run 8 24:16 15:51
Wall balls 14:17 13:11
Roxzone 11:43 15:28
Finish 2:59:06 3:00:14

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simangele Samantha Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Women · 30 May 2026 2:59:06 3:00:14 1:08 · Simangele faster
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