Nceba vs Ricky

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Nceba Thabethe

1:27:35 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
170th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 3 results

Ricky dos Santos

1:27:31 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
168th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers

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

Nceba: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Ricky: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Nceba and Ricky sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nceba: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 42%).Ricky: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 23%).

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Part Nceba: faster than Ricky: faster than
Ski 87% 55%
Push 87% 23%
Pull 66% 66%
BBJ 42% 71%
Row 68% 68%
Carry 89% 40%
Lunges 88% 32%
Wall balls 90% 78%
Roxzone 77% 88%
Runs 67% 83%

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

Part by part

Part Nceba Ricky
SkiErg 87% 55%
Sled push 87% 23%
Sled pull 66% 66%
Burpee broad jump 42% 71%
Row 68% 68%
Farmers carry 89% 40%
Sandbag lunges 88% 32%
Wall balls 90% 78%
Roxzone (moving) 77% 88%
Runs (8 km) 67% 83%

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

Nceba · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:27:35
6:294:234:182:334:495:094:507:435:165:075:001:515:094:157:545:417:15
Ricky · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:27:31
5:484:434:153:574:365:114:295:584:405:074:252:324:346:527:226:386:29
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.Nceba · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 43:45 running, 36:42 at the stations and 7:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:43).Below, Ricky · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 40:10 running, 40:58 at the stations and 6:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:52).

See the numbers
Part Nceba · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men Ricky · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:29 5:48
SkiErg 4:23 4:43
Run 2 4:18 4:15
Sled push 2:33 3:57
Run 3 4:49 4:36
Sled pull 5:09 5:11
Run 4 4:50 4:29
Burpee broad jump 7:43 5:58
Run 5 5:16 4:40
Row 5:07 5:07
Run 6 5:00 4:25
Farmers carry 1:51 2:32
Run 7 5:09 4:34
Sandbag lunges 4:15 6:52
Run 8 7:54 7:22
Wall balls 5:41 6:38
Roxzone 7:15 6:29
Finish 1:27:35 1:27:31

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Nceba Ricky Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 1:27:35 1:27:31 0:04 · Ricky faster
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