Cheslyn vs John

RSA RSA · Open Men · 4 results

Cheslyn van Rooyen

1:12:22 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
48th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
COD COD · Open Men · 1 result

John Tambwe Kapita

1:12:49 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
50th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Cheslyn: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · John: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Cheslyn and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Cheslyn: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 59%).John: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 36%).

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Part Cheslyn: faster than John: faster than
Ski 93% 91%
Push 94% 92%
Pull 84% 71%
BBJ 86% 89%
Row 63% 81%
Carry 73% 63%
Lunges 83% 78%
Wall balls 59% 36%
Roxzone 97% 98%
Runs 94% 96%

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

Part by part

Part Cheslyn John
SkiErg 93% 91%
Sled push 94% 92%
Sled pull 84% 71%
Burpee broad jump 86% 89%
Row 63% 81%
Farmers carry 73% 63%
Sandbag lunges 83% 78%
Wall balls 59% 36%
Roxzone (moving) 97% 98%
Runs (8 km) 94% 96%

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

Cheslyn · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:12:22
3:014:054:252:054:423:544:404:214:514:484:352:044:474:344:497:053:43
John · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:12:49
2:434:074:022:104:294:194:324:064:544:374:282:134:294:444:448:433:36
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.Cheslyn · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 35:50 running, 32:56 at the stations and 3:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:05).Below, John · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 34:20 running, 35:00 at the stations and 3:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:43) and the shortest the sled push (2:10).

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Part Cheslyn · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men John · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:01 2:43
SkiErg 4:05 4:07
Run 2 4:25 4:02
Sled push 2:05 2:10
Run 3 4:42 4:29
Sled pull 3:54 4:19
Run 4 4:40 4:32
Burpee broad jump 4:21 4:06
Run 5 4:51 4:54
Row 4:48 4:37
Run 6 4:35 4:28
Farmers carry 2:04 2:13
Run 7 4:47 4:29
Sandbag lunges 4:34 4:44
Run 8 4:49 4:44
Wall balls 7:05 8:43
Roxzone 3:43 3:36
Finish 1:12:22 1:12:49

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Cheslyn John Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:12:22 1:12:49 0:27 · Cheslyn faster
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