David vs John

RSA RSA · Pro Men · 3 results

David Pelser

1:32:44 best Pro Men time · Johannesburg (I) 2025
63rd of 105 place in that race · 105 Pro Men finishers
COD COD · Pro Men · 2 results

John Buana Kayembe

1:29:47 best Pro Men time · Cape Town 2024
54th of 85 place in that race · 85 Pro Men finishers

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

David: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Pro Men · John: Cape Town 2024, Pro Men

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

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%).

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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

David · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Pro Men1:32:44
3:354:385:034:475:338:355:324:165:444:345:441:085:466:136:597:287:16
John · Cape Town 2024 · Pro Men1:29:47
4:144:134:312:465:318:505:385:016:054:425:332:255:374:537:145:436:59
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.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).

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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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