Serge vs Nico

CMR CMR · Open Men · 3 results

Serge Mukwade

1:30:36 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
281st of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Nico Bester

1:30:32 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
280th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Serge: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Nico: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Serge and Nico sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Serge: strongest on Ski (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 29%).Nico: strongest on Ski (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 21%).

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Part Serge: faster than Nico: faster than
Ski 77% 77%
Push 29% 43%
Pull 36% 71%
BBJ 30% 21%
Row 66% 35%
Carry 32% 30%
Lunges 42% 23%
Wall balls 72% 49%
Roxzone 64% 55%
Runs 61% 74%

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

Part by part

Part Serge Nico
SkiErg 77% 77%
Sled push 29% 43%
Sled pull 36% 71%
Burpee broad jump 30% 21%
Row 66% 35%
Farmers carry 32% 30%
Sandbag lunges 42% 23%
Wall balls 72% 49%
Roxzone (moving) 64% 55%
Runs (8 km) 61% 74%

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

Serge · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:30:36
4:104:185:363:185:335:235:457:186:004:465:532:425:506:245:446:195:45
Nico · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:30:32
3:394:185:003:015:214:195:218:075:365:105:292:455:227:345:377:416:19
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.Serge · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 44:31 running, 40:28 at the stations and 5:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:18).Below, Nico · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 41:25 running, 42:56 at the stations and 6:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:07).

See the numbers
Part Serge · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Nico · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:10 3:39
SkiErg 4:18 4:18
Run 2 5:36 5:00
Sled push 3:18 3:01
Run 3 5:33 5:21
Sled pull 5:23 4:19
Run 4 5:45 5:21
Burpee broad jump 7:18 8:07
Run 5 6:00 5:36
Row 4:46 5:10
Run 6 5:53 5:29
Farmers carry 2:42 2:45
Run 7 5:50 5:22
Sandbag lunges 6:24 7:34
Run 8 5:44 5:37
Wall balls 6:19 7:41
Roxzone 5:45 6:19
Finish 1:30:36 1:30:32

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Serge Nico Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:30:36 1:30:32 0:04 · Nico faster
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