David vs John
David Pelser
John Buana Kayembe
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
David: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Pro Men · John: Cape Town 2024, Pro Men
This chart shows where David and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.David: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 13%).John: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 18%).
See the numbers
| Part | David: faster than | John: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 16% | 25% |
| Push | 13% | 67% |
| Pull | 27% | 18% |
| BBJ | 73% | 38% |
| Row | 82% | 39% |
| Carry | 99% | 50% |
| Lunges | 26% | 64% |
| Wall balls | 55% | 70% |
| Roxzone | 33% | 42% |
| Runs | 47% | 20% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | David | John |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 16% | 25% |
| Sled push | 13% | 67% |
| Sled pull | 27% | 18% |
| Burpee broad jump | 73% | 38% |
| Row | 82% | 39% |
| Farmers carry | 99% | 50% |
| Sandbag lunges | 26% | 64% |
| Wall balls | 55% | 70% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 33% | 42% |
| Runs (8 km) | 47% | 20% |
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.David · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Pro Men: 43:55 running, 41:39 at the stations and 7:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (8:35).Below, John · Cape Town 2024 · Pro Men: 44:23 running, 38:34 at the stations and 6:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (8:50).
See the numbers
| Part | David · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Pro Men | John · Cape Town 2024 · Pro Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:35 | 4:14 |
| SkiErg | 4:38 | 4:13 |
| Run 2 | 5:03 | 4:31 |
| Sled push | 4:47 | 2:46 |
| Run 3 | 5:33 | 5:31 |
| Sled pull | 8:35 | 8:50 |
| Run 4 | 5:32 | 5:38 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:16 | 5:01 |
| Run 5 | 5:44 | 6:05 |
| Row | 4:34 | 4:42 |
| Run 6 | 5:44 | 5:33 |
| Farmers carry | 1:08 | 2:25 |
| Run 7 | 5:46 | 5:37 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:13 | 4:53 |
| Run 8 | 6:59 | 7:14 |
| Wall balls | 7:28 | 5:43 |
| Roxzone | 7:16 | 6:59 |
| Finish | 1:32:44 | 1:29:47 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | David | John | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg (I) 2025 Pro Men · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:32:44 | 1:32:11 | 0:33 · John faster |
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