Mbali vs Esby
RSA · Open Women · 1 result Mbali Beja
RSA · Open Women · 3 results Esby Sithakha
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mbali: Johannesburg 2026, Open Women · Esby: Johannesburg 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Mbali and Esby sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mbali: strongest on BBJ (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 7%).Esby: strongest on Lunges (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 40%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mbali: faster than | Esby: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 44% | 83% |
| Push | 22% | 51% |
| Pull | 41% | 81% |
| BBJ | 88% | 66% |
| Row | 7% | 67% |
| Carry | 10% | 70% |
| Lunges | 84% | 85% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 77% |
| Roxzone | 63% | 40% |
| Runs | 76% | 63% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mbali | Esby |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 44% | 83% |
| Sled push | 22% | 51% |
| Sled pull | 41% | 81% |
| Burpee broad jump | 88% | 66% |
| Row | 7% | 67% |
| Farmers carry | 10% | 70% |
| Sandbag lunges | 84% | 85% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 77% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 63% | 40% |
| Runs (8 km) | 76% | 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.Mbali · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women: 47:46 running, 47:11 at the stations and 9:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:11) and the shortest the sled push (3:41).Below, Esby · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women: 51:45 running, 41:16 at the stations and 11:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:03).
See the numbers
| Part | Mbali · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women | Esby · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:34 | 6:55 |
| SkiErg | 5:48 | 5:14 |
| Run 2 | 5:02 | 8:10 |
| Sled push | 3:41 | 3:03 |
| Run 3 | 5:15 | 5:30 |
| Sled pull | 7:29 | 5:45 |
| Run 4 | 5:22 | 5:29 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:12 | 8:03 |
| Run 5 | 5:05 | 5:37 |
| Row | 7:28 | 5:55 |
| Run 6 | 5:42 | 5:44 |
| Farmers carry | 3:49 | 2:19 |
| Run 7 | 5:08 | 5:48 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:33 | 4:31 |
| Run 8 | 8:38 | 8:32 |
| Wall balls | 8:11 | 6:26 |
| Roxzone | 9:28 | 11:14 |
| Finish | 1:44:18 | 1:44:07 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mbali | Esby | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2026 Open Women · 30 May 2026 | 1:44:18 | 1:44:07 | 0:11 · Esby faster |
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