Hj vs Sobhuza

RSA RSA · Open Men · 4 results

Hj Nel

1:42:38 best Open Men time · Johannesburg (I) 2025
230th of 422 place in that race · 422 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Sobhuza Nkosi

1:40:58 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2025
463rd of 781 place in that race · 781 Open Men finishers

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

Hj: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Men · Sobhuza: Cape Town 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Hj and Sobhuza sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Hj: strongest on Carry (faster than 78% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 27%).Sobhuza: strongest on Push (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 2%).

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Part Hj: faster than Sobhuza: faster than
Ski 34% 49%
Push 72% 82%
Pull 27% 8%
BBJ 40% 72%
Row 54% 2%
Carry 78% 71%
Lunges 30% 40%
Wall balls 36% 73%
Roxzone 54% 46%
Runs 47% 35%

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

Part by part

Part Hj Sobhuza
SkiErg 34% 49%
Sled push 72% 82%
Sled pull 27% 8%
Burpee broad jump 40% 72%
Row 54% 2%
Farmers carry 78% 71%
Sandbag lunges 30% 40%
Wall balls 36% 73%
Roxzone (moving) 54% 46%
Runs (8 km) 47% 35%

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

Hj · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men1:42:38
3:514:465:502:356:236:156:317:156:535:106:532:026:446:257:429:477:44
Sobhuza · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men1:40:58
5:364:285:192:295:308:055:374:566:038:065:491:566:425:5510:396:187:39
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.Hj · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men: 50:46 running, 44:15 at the stations and 7:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:47).Below, Sobhuza · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 51:16 running, 42:13 at the stations and 7:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (8:06).

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Part Hj · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Men Sobhuza · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:51 5:36
SkiErg 4:46 4:28
Run 2 5:50 5:19
Sled push 2:35 2:29
Run 3 6:23 5:30
Sled pull 6:15 8:05
Run 4 6:31 5:37
Burpee broad jump 7:15 4:56
Run 5 6:53 6:03
Row 5:10 8:06
Run 6 6:53 5:49
Farmers carry 2:02 1:56
Run 7 6:44 6:42
Sandbag lunges 6:25 5:55
Run 8 7:42 10:39
Wall balls 9:47 6:18
Roxzone 7:44 7:39
Finish 1:42:38 1:40:58

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Hj Sobhuza Gap
Johannesburg (I) 2025 Open Men · 1 Mar 2025 1:42:38 1:42:37 0:01 · Sobhuza faster
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