Shanal vs Shaaqir

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Shanal Nathoo

2:12:10 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
647th of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Shaaqir Karriem

2:10:29 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
645th of 717 place in that race · 717 Open Men finishers

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

Shanal: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Shaaqir: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Shanal and Shaaqir sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Shanal: strongest on Carry (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 5%).Shaaqir: strongest on Lunges (faster than 24% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 3%).

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Part Shanal: faster than Shaaqir: faster than
Ski 5% 6%
Push 33% 11%
Pull 10% 22%
BBJ 8% 16%
Row 11% 9%
Carry 44% 3%
Lunges 27% 24%
Wall balls 10% 8%
Roxzone 19% 22%
Runs 9% 11%

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

Part by part

Part Shanal Shaaqir
SkiErg 5% 6%
Sled push 33% 11%
Sled pull 10% 22%
Burpee broad jump 8% 16%
Row 11% 9%
Farmers carry 44% 3%
Sandbag lunges 27% 24%
Wall balls 10% 8%
Roxzone (moving) 19% 22%
Runs (8 km) 9% 11%

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

Shanal · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men2:12:10
7:005:207:073:387:307:467:5010:439:035:518:222:248:247:1710:5113:539:19
Shaaqir · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men2:10:29
4:325:169:424:467:436:477:439:068:065:557:554:158:147:329:5914:108:55
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.Shanal · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:06:07 running, 56:52 at the stations and 9:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:53).Below, Shaaqir · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 1:03:54 running, 57:47 at the stations and 8:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:10).

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Part Shanal · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Shaaqir · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 7:00 4:32
SkiErg 5:20 5:16
Run 2 7:07 9:42
Sled push 3:38 4:46
Run 3 7:30 7:43
Sled pull 7:46 6:47
Run 4 7:50 7:43
Burpee broad jump 10:43 9:06
Run 5 9:03 8:06
Row 5:51 5:55
Run 6 8:22 7:55
Farmers carry 2:24 4:15
Run 7 8:24 8:14
Sandbag lunges 7:17 7:32
Run 8 10:51 9:59
Wall balls 13:53 14:10
Roxzone 9:19 8:55
Finish 2:12:10 2:10:29

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Shanal Shaaqir Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 2:12:10 2:10:29 1:41 · Shaaqir faster
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