Samantha vs Ziyanda
Samantha Emberton
Ziyanda Ngalo
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Samantha: Johannesburg 2026, Open Women · Ziyanda: Johannesburg 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Samantha and Ziyanda 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%).Ziyanda: strongest on Carry (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 0%).
See the numbers
| Part | Samantha: faster than | Ziyanda: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 60% | 0% |
| Push | 37% | 4% |
| Pull | 28% | 2% |
| BBJ | 0% | 13% |
| Row | 8% | 1% |
| Carry | 23% | 47% |
| Lunges | 3% | 1% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 2% |
| Roxzone | 7% | 8% |
| Runs | 4% | 7% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Samantha | Ziyanda |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 60% | 0% |
| Sled push | 37% | 4% |
| Sled pull | 28% | 2% |
| Burpee broad jump | 0% | 13% |
| Row | 8% | 1% |
| Farmers carry | 23% | 47% |
| Sandbag lunges | 3% | 1% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 2% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 7% | 8% |
| Runs (8 km) | 4% | 7% |
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.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, Ziyanda · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women: 1:18:26 running, 1:28:55 at the stations and 15:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (22:28).
See the numbers
| Part | Samantha · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women | Ziyanda · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 12:25 | 10:57 |
| SkiErg | 5:35 | 8:09 |
| Run 2 | 8:32 | 7:48 |
| Sled push | 3:17 | 4:57 |
| Run 3 | 9:06 | 7:47 |
| Sled pull | 8:22 | 12:12 |
| Run 4 | 9:47 | 8:28 |
| Burpee broad jump | 26:33 | 14:31 |
| Run 5 | 10:13 | 9:09 |
| Row | 7:24 | 8:19 |
| Run 6 | 9:26 | 8:34 |
| Farmers carry | 3:11 | 2:38 |
| Run 7 | 9:35 | 9:06 |
| Sandbag lunges | 12:26 | 15:40 |
| Run 8 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
| Wall balls | 13:11 | 22:28 |
| Roxzone | 15:28 | 15:12 |
| Finish | 3:00:14 | 3:02:24 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Samantha | Ziyanda | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2026 Open Women · 30 May 2026 | 3:00:14 | 3:02:24 | 2:10 · Samantha faster |
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