Herman vs Kyle

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 · Open Men · 2 results

Kyle Shiel

1:21:38 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2026
92nd 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 · Kyle: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Herman and Kyle 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%).Kyle: strongest on Pull (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 60%).

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Part Herman: faster than Kyle: faster than
Ski 65% 80%
Push 30% 62%
Pull 99% 91%
BBJ 78% 90%
Row 89% 86%
Carry 90% 84%
Lunges 77% 60%
Wall balls 90% 78%
Roxzone 72% 89%
Runs 86% 84%

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

Part by part

Part Herman Kyle
SkiErg 65% 80%
Sled push 30% 62%
Sled pull 99% 91%
Burpee broad jump 78% 90%
Row 89% 86%
Farmers carry 90% 84%
Sandbag lunges 77% 60%
Wall balls 90% 78%
Roxzone (moving) 72% 89%
Runs (8 km) 86% 84%

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
Kyle · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men1:21:38
6:524:284:153:044:224:164:224:474:274:514:241:574:265:306:496:356:20
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, Kyle · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 39:58 running, 35:28 at the stations and 6:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:35).

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Part Herman · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men Kyle · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:07 6:52
SkiErg 4:37 4:28
Run 2 4:04 4:15
Sled push 3:42 3:04
Run 3 4:22 4:22
Sled pull 3:38 4:16
Run 4 4:45 4:22
Burpee broad jump 5:33 4:47
Run 5 4:27 4:27
Row 4:47 4:51
Run 6 4:16 4:24
Farmers carry 1:50 1:57
Run 7 4:26 4:26
Sandbag lunges 4:51 5:30
Run 8 7:05 6:49
Wall balls 5:41 6:35
Roxzone 7:35 6:20
Finish 1:21:39 1:21:38

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Herman Kyle Gap
Johannesburg 2026 Open Men · 30 May 2026 1:21:39 1:21:38 0:01 · Kyle faster
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