Wessel vs Merick
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Wessel Pretorius
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Merick Middleton
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Wessel: Cape Town 2025, Open Men · Merick: Cape Town 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Wessel and Merick 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%).Merick: strongest on Carry (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 20%).
See the numbers
| Part | Wessel: faster than | Merick: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 27% |
| Push | 57% | 52% |
| Pull | 42% | 20% |
| BBJ | 40% | 52% |
| Row | 42% | 40% |
| Carry | 70% | 82% |
| Lunges | 24% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 34% | 59% |
| Roxzone | 63% | 36% |
| Runs | 42% | 36% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Wessel | Merick |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 45% | 27% |
| Sled push | 57% | 52% |
| Sled pull | 42% | 20% |
| Burpee broad jump | 40% | 52% |
| Row | 42% | 40% |
| Farmers carry | 70% | 82% |
| Sandbag lunges | 24% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 34% | 59% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 63% | 36% |
| Runs (8 km) | 42% | 36% |
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, Merick · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men: 51:02 running, 39:43 at the stations and 8:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:22).
See the numbers
| Part | Wessel · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men | Merick · Cape Town 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:40 | 4:11 |
| SkiErg | 4:30 | 4:42 |
| Run 2 | 5:58 | 6:00 |
| Sled push | 2:57 | 3:03 |
| Run 3 | 6:34 | 7:25 |
| Sled pull | 5:33 | 6:52 |
| Run 4 | 6:23 | 6:28 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:34 | 5:53 |
| Run 5 | 6:33 | 6:57 |
| Row | 5:09 | 5:11 |
| Run 6 | 6:19 | 6:18 |
| Farmers carry | 1:57 | 1:47 |
| Run 7 | 6:30 | 6:09 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:47 | 4:53 |
| Run 8 | 7:24 | 7:34 |
| Wall balls | 9:21 | 7:22 |
| Roxzone | 6:39 | 8:19 |
| Finish | 1:38:42 | 1:38:55 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Wessel | Merick | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Open Men · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:38:42 | 1:38:55 | 0:13 · Wessel faster |
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