Herman vs Owen

RSA RSA · Open Men · 5 results

Herman Smit

1:21:39 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
93rd of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Pro Men · 2 results

Owen Schoeman

1:21:45 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
95th of 745 place in that race · 745 Open Men finishers

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

Herman: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men · Owen: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Herman and Owen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Herman: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 30%).Owen: strongest on Lunges (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 43%).

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Part Herman: faster than Owen: faster than
Ski 65% 91%
Push 30% 43%
Pull 99% 65%
BBJ 78% 85%
Row 89% 82%
Carry 90% 67%
Lunges 77% 96%
Wall balls 90% 94%
Roxzone 72% 75%
Runs 86% 82%

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

Part by part

Part Herman Owen
SkiErg 65% 91%
Sled push 30% 43%
Sled pull 99% 65%
Burpee broad jump 78% 85%
Row 89% 82%
Farmers carry 90% 67%
Sandbag lunges 77% 96%
Wall balls 90% 94%
Roxzone (moving) 72% 75%
Runs (8 km) 86% 82%

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

Herman · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:21:39
6:074:374:043:424:223:384:455:334:274:474:161:504:264:517:055:417:35
Owen · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:21:45
6:194:194:073:274:315:144:315:114:524:534:382:104:243:446:565:157:24
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.Herman · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 39:32 running, 34:38 at the stations and 7:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:41).Below, Owen · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 40:19 running, 34:13 at the stations and 7:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:15).

See the numbers
Part Herman · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men Owen · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:07 6:19
SkiErg 4:37 4:19
Run 2 4:04 4:07
Sled push 3:42 3:27
Run 3 4:22 4:31
Sled pull 3:38 5:14
Run 4 4:45 4:31
Burpee broad jump 5:33 5:11
Run 5 4:27 4:52
Row 4:47 4:53
Run 6 4:16 4:38
Farmers carry 1:50 2:10
Run 7 4:26 4:24
Sandbag lunges 4:51 3:44
Run 8 7:05 6:56
Wall balls 5:41 5:15
Roxzone 7:35 7:24
Finish 1:21:39 1:21:45

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Herman Owen Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 1:21:39 1:21:45 0:06 · Herman faster
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