Josh vs Samkelo
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Josh Kaplan
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Samkelo Magwaca
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Josh: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Men · Samkelo: Cape Town 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Josh and Samkelo sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Josh: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 24%).Samkelo: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 27%).
See the numbers
| Part | Josh: faster than | Samkelo: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 44% | 46% |
| Push | 28% | 27% |
| Pull | 24% | 67% |
| BBJ | 40% | 59% |
| Row | 33% | 67% |
| Carry | 41% | 46% |
| Lunges | 39% | 44% |
| Wall balls | 82% | 57% |
| Roxzone | 50% | 72% |
| Runs | 28% | 63% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Josh | Samkelo |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 44% | 46% |
| Sled push | 28% | 27% |
| Sled pull | 24% | 67% |
| Burpee broad jump | 40% | 59% |
| Row | 33% | 67% |
| Farmers carry | 41% | 46% |
| Sandbag lunges | 39% | 44% |
| Wall balls | 82% | 57% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 50% | 72% |
| Runs (8 km) | 28% | 63% |
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.Josh · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men: 57:19 running, 41:59 at the stations and 7:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:17).Below, Samkelo · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 44:38 running, 38:46 at the stations and 6:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:28).
See the numbers
| Part | Josh · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men | Samkelo · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:25 | 5:17 |
| SkiErg | 4:37 | 4:29 |
| Run 2 | 6:36 | 5:09 |
| Sled push | 3:28 | 3:40 |
| Run 3 | 7:16 | 5:19 |
| Sled pull | 6:29 | 4:44 |
| Run 4 | 6:57 | 5:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:17 | 5:35 |
| Run 5 | 7:10 | 5:34 |
| Row | 5:27 | 4:51 |
| Run 6 | 7:00 | 5:40 |
| Farmers carry | 2:27 | 2:12 |
| Run 7 | 9:43 | 5:42 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:58 | 5:47 |
| Run 8 | 8:11 | 6:34 |
| Wall balls | 6:16 | 7:28 |
| Roxzone | 7:59 | 6:06 |
| Finish | 1:47:08 | 1:29:24 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Josh | Samkelo | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg (I) 2025 Open Men · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:47:08 | 1:47:10 | 0:02 · Josh faster |
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