Elmo vs Donovan
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Elmo de Beer
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Donovan Schölly
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Elmo: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Donovan: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Elmo and Donovan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Elmo: strongest on Runs (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 30%).Donovan: strongest on Runs (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 20%).
See the numbers
| Part | Elmo: faster than | Donovan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 69% | 20% |
| Push | 57% | 47% |
| Pull | 33% | 22% |
| BBJ | 52% | 60% |
| Row | 30% | 75% |
| Carry | 43% | 23% |
| Lunges | 60% | 43% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 31% |
| Roxzone | 41% | 63% |
| Runs | 77% | 88% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Elmo | Donovan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 69% | 20% |
| Sled push | 57% | 47% |
| Sled pull | 33% | 22% |
| Burpee broad jump | 52% | 60% |
| Row | 30% | 75% |
| Farmers carry | 43% | 23% |
| Sandbag lunges | 60% | 43% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 31% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 41% | 63% |
| Runs (8 km) | 77% | 88% |
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.Elmo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 41:23 running, 42:11 at the stations and 9:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:22).Below, Donovan · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 38:31 running, 46:42 at the stations and 8:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:28).
See the numbers
| Part | Elmo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men | Donovan · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:41 | 5:57 |
| SkiErg | 4:35 | 5:07 |
| Run 2 | 4:15 | 3:55 |
| Sled push | 3:09 | 3:21 |
| Run 3 | 5:07 | 4:20 |
| Sled pull | 6:29 | 7:05 |
| Run 4 | 4:43 | 4:05 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:55 | 6:30 |
| Run 5 | 5:04 | 4:07 |
| Row | 5:41 | 5:01 |
| Run 6 | 4:05 | 5:41 |
| Farmers carry | 2:30 | 2:53 |
| Run 7 | 4:14 | 4:04 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:30 | 6:17 |
| Run 8 | 7:14 | 6:22 |
| Wall balls | 7:22 | 10:28 |
| Roxzone | 9:50 | 8:07 |
| Finish | 1:33:18 | 1:33:12 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Elmo | Donovan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 | 1:33:18 | 1:33:12 | 0:06 · Donovan faster |
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