Wessel vs Roy
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Wessel Pretorius
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Roy Taberer
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Wessel: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Roy: Cape Town 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Wessel and Roy sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Wessel: strongest on Carry (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 24%).Roy: strongest on Carry (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 15%).
See the numbers
| Part | Wessel: faster than | Roy: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 36% |
| Push | 57% | 59% |
| Pull | 42% | 61% |
| BBJ | 40% | 24% |
| Row | 42% | 55% |
| Carry | 70% | 89% |
| Lunges | 24% | 57% |
| Wall balls | 34% | 15% |
| Roxzone | 63% | 49% |
| Runs | 42% | 51% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Wessel | Roy |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 45% | 36% |
| Sled push | 57% | 59% |
| Sled pull | 42% | 61% |
| Burpee broad jump | 40% | 24% |
| Row | 42% | 55% |
| Farmers carry | 70% | 89% |
| Sandbag lunges | 24% | 57% |
| Wall balls | 34% | 15% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 63% | 49% |
| Runs (8 km) | 42% | 51% |
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.Wessel · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 49:22 running, 42:48 at the stations and 6:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:21).Below, Roy · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 47:16 running, 43:51 at the stations and 7:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:51).
See the numbers
| Part | Wessel · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men | Roy · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:40 | 5:29 |
| SkiErg | 4:30 | 4:36 |
| Run 2 | 5:58 | 5:11 |
| Sled push | 2:57 | 2:54 |
| Run 3 | 6:34 | 5:56 |
| Sled pull | 5:33 | 4:56 |
| Run 4 | 6:23 | 5:57 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:34 | 7:38 |
| Run 5 | 6:33 | 5:59 |
| Row | 5:09 | 4:59 |
| Run 6 | 6:19 | 5:46 |
| Farmers carry | 1:57 | 1:41 |
| Run 7 | 6:30 | 5:58 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:47 | 5:17 |
| Run 8 | 7:24 | 7:00 |
| Wall balls | 9:21 | 11:51 |
| Roxzone | 6:39 | 7:33 |
| Finish | 1:38:42 | 1:38:33 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Wessel | Roy | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:38:42 | 1:38:33 | 0:09 · Roy faster |
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