Samantha vs Simangele

ZIM ZIM · Open Women · 1 result

Samantha Emberton

3:00:14 best Open Women time · Johannesburg 2026
609th of 627 place in that race · 627 Open Women finishers
RSA RSA · Open Women · 1 result

Simangele Mphahlele

2:59:06 best Open Women time · Johannesburg 2026
608th of 627 place in that race · 627 Open Women finishers

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

Samantha: Johannesburg 2026, Open Women · Simangele: Johannesburg 2026, Open Women

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

This chart shows where Samantha and Simangele sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samantha: strongest on Ski (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 0%).Simangele: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 35% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 0%).

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Part Samantha: faster than Simangele: faster than
Ski 60% 1%
Push 37% 29%
Pull 28% 12%
BBJ 0% 4%
Row 8% 9%
Carry 23% 0%
Lunges 3% 5%
Wall balls 14% 11%
Roxzone 7% 35%
Runs 4% 3%

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

Part by part

Part Samantha Simangele
SkiErg 60% 1%
Sled push 37% 29%
Sled pull 28% 12%
Burpee broad jump 0% 4%
Row 8% 9%
Farmers carry 23% 0%
Sandbag lunges 3% 5%
Wall balls 14% 11%
Roxzone (moving) 7% 35%
Runs (8 km) 4% 3%

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

Samantha · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women3:00:14
12:255:358:323:179:068:229:4726:3310:137:249:263:119:3512:2615:5113:1115:28
Simangele · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women2:59:06
11:587:228:093:278:349:499:1418:249:117:239:096:229:1610:4024:1614:1711:43
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.Samantha · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women: 1:24:55 running, 1:19:58 at the stations and 15:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (26:33).Below, Simangele · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women: 1:29:47 running, 1:17:44 at the stations and 11:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (18:24) and the shortest the sled push (3:27).

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Part Samantha · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women Simangele · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women
Run 1 12:25 11:58
SkiErg 5:35 7:22
Run 2 8:32 8:09
Sled push 3:17 3:27
Run 3 9:06 8:34
Sled pull 8:22 9:49
Run 4 9:47 9:14
Burpee broad jump 26:33 18:24
Run 5 10:13 9:11
Row 7:24 7:23
Run 6 9:26 9:09
Farmers carry 3:11 6:22
Run 7 9:35 9:16
Sandbag lunges 12:26 10:40
Run 8 15:51 24:16
Wall balls 13:11 14:17
Roxzone 15:28 11:43
Finish 3:00:14 2:59:06

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Samantha Simangele Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Women · 30 May 2026 3:00:14 2:59:06 1:08 · Simangele faster
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