Willie vs Grant
RSA · Open Men · 5 results Willie Smit
RSA · Pro Men · 4 results Grant Harris
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Willie: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Grant: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Willie and Grant sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Willie: strongest on Pull (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 41%).Grant: strongest on Runs (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 17%).
See the numbers
| Part | Willie: faster than | Grant: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 78% | 87% |
| Push | 85% | 48% |
| Pull | 91% | 86% |
| BBJ | 62% | 85% |
| Row | 80% | 79% |
| Carry | 59% | 17% |
| Lunges | 43% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 66% |
| Roxzone | 41% | 65% |
| Runs | 69% | 88% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Willie | Grant |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 78% | 87% |
| Sled push | 85% | 48% |
| Sled pull | 91% | 86% |
| Burpee broad jump | 62% | 85% |
| Row | 80% | 79% |
| Farmers carry | 59% | 17% |
| Sandbag lunges | 43% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 66% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 41% | 65% |
| Runs (8 km) | 69% | 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.Willie · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 43:09 running, 35:13 at the stations and 8:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:42).Below, Grant · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 38:37 running, 38:19 at the stations and 7:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:27).
See the numbers
| Part | Willie · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men | Grant · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:27 | 5:52 |
| SkiErg | 4:13 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 4:47 | 4:05 |
| Sled push | 2:26 | 3:20 |
| Run 3 | 5:17 | 4:28 |
| Sled pull | 3:51 | 4:29 |
| Run 4 | 5:43 | 4:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:27 | 5:11 |
| Run 5 | 5:45 | 4:29 |
| Row | 4:41 | 4:57 |
| Run 6 | 5:43 | 4:20 |
| Farmers carry | 2:04 | 3:04 |
| Run 7 | 5:39 | 4:13 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:49 | 5:28 |
| Run 8 | 6:48 | 6:47 |
| Wall balls | 6:42 | 7:27 |
| Roxzone | 8:00 | 7:57 |
| Finish | 1:26:16 | 1:24:47 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Willie | Grant | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:40:50 | 1:40:40 | 0:10 · Grant faster |
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