Samantha vs Ziyanda

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

Ziyanda Ngalo

3:02:24 best Open Women time · Johannesburg 2026
611th 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 · Ziyanda: Johannesburg 2026, Open Women

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

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%).

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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

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
Ziyanda · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women3:02:24
10:578:097:484:577:4712:128:2814:319:098:198:342:389:0615:4016:3722:2815:12
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, 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).

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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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