Carel vs Michael

RSA RSA · Open Men · 6 results

Carel Botha

1:37:02 best Open Men time · New York 2026
2748th of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Michael Beckerman

1:37:02 best Open Men time · New York 2026
2747th of 4,637 place in that race · 4,637 Open Men finishers

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

Carel: New York 2026, Open Men · Michael: New York 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Carel and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Carel: strongest on Carry (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 21%).Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 6%).

See the numbers
Part Carel: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 61% 32%
Push 69% 66%
Pull 52% 90%
BBJ 21% 39%
Row 53% 38%
Carry 91% 87%
Lunges 21% 45%
Wall balls 53% 33%
Roxzone 56% 6%
Runs 34% 50%

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

Part by part

Part Carel Michael
SkiErg 61% 32%
Sled push 69% 66%
Sled pull 52% 90%
Burpee broad jump 21% 39%
Row 53% 38%
Farmers carry 91% 87%
Sandbag lunges 21% 45%
Wall balls 53% 33%
Roxzone (moving) 56% 6%
Runs (8 km) 34% 50%

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

Carel · New York 2026 · Open Men1:37:02
5:464:305:352:505:484:526:007:336:124:576:101:476:027:177:427:286:40
Michael · New York 2026 · Open Men1:37:02
5:304:475:162:535:273:435:196:185:335:095:321:525:345:556:578:5712:28
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.Carel · New York 2026 · Open Men: 49:15 running, 41:14 at the stations and 6:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:33).Below, Michael · New York 2026 · Open Men: 45:08 running, 39:34 at the stations and 12:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:57).

See the numbers
Part Carel · New York 2026 · Open Men Michael · New York 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:46 5:30
SkiErg 4:30 4:47
Run 2 5:35 5:16
Sled push 2:50 2:53
Run 3 5:48 5:27
Sled pull 4:52 3:43
Run 4 6:00 5:19
Burpee broad jump 7:33 6:18
Run 5 6:12 5:33
Row 4:57 5:09
Run 6 6:10 5:32
Farmers carry 1:47 1:52
Run 7 6:02 5:34
Sandbag lunges 7:17 5:55
Run 8 7:42 6:57
Wall balls 7:28 8:57
Roxzone 6:40 12:28
Finish 1:37:02 1:37:02

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Carel Michael Gap
New York 2026 Open Men · 28 May 2026 1:37:02 1:37:02 level
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