Merick vs Tinashe
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Merick Middleton
ZIM · Open Men · 4 results Tinashe Saidi
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Merick: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Tinashe: Cape Town 2026, Pro Men
Not the same division. Merick's race here is Open Men and Tinashe's is Pro Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.
This chart shows where Merick and Tinashe sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Merick: strongest on Carry (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 20%).Tinashe: strongest on Runs (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | Merick: faster than | Tinashe: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 27% | 9% |
| Push | 52% | 22% |
| Pull | 20% | 47% |
| BBJ | 52% | 41% |
| Row | 40% | 5% |
| Carry | 82% | 15% |
| Lunges | 70% | 63% |
| Wall balls | 59% | 40% |
| Roxzone | 36% | 37% |
| Runs | 36% | 76% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Merick | Tinashe |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 27% | 9% |
| Sled push | 52% | 22% |
| Sled pull | 20% | 47% |
| Burpee broad jump | 52% | 41% |
| Row | 40% | 5% |
| Farmers carry | 82% | 15% |
| Sandbag lunges | 70% | 63% |
| Wall balls | 59% | 40% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 36% | 37% |
| Runs (8 km) | 36% | 76% |
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.Merick · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 51:02 running, 39:43 at the stations and 8:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:22).Below, Tinashe · Cape Town 2026 · Pro Men: 34:46 running, 39:50 at the stations and 5:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:49).
See the numbers
| Part | Merick · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men | Tinashe · Cape Town 2026 · Pro Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:11 | 4:33 |
| SkiErg | 4:42 | 4:37 |
| Run 2 | 6:00 | 4:10 |
| Sled push | 3:03 | 4:04 |
| Run 3 | 7:25 | 4:11 |
| Sled pull | 6:52 | 5:35 |
| Run 4 | 6:28 | 4:17 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:53 | 4:39 |
| Run 5 | 6:57 | 4:24 |
| Row | 5:11 | 5:23 |
| Run 6 | 6:18 | 4:10 |
| Farmers carry | 1:47 | 3:07 |
| Run 7 | 6:09 | 4:32 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:53 | 4:36 |
| Run 8 | 7:34 | 4:29 |
| Wall balls | 7:22 | 7:49 |
| Roxzone | 8:19 | 5:39 |
| Finish | 1:38:55 | 1:20:04 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Merick | Tinashe | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Doubles Men · 4 Apr 2026 | 1:01:23 | 1:26:25 | 25:02 · Merick faster |
| Cape Town 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:38:55 | 1:38:53 | 0:02 · Tinashe faster |
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