Cheslyn vs Michael

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
RSA RSA · Open Men · 2 results

Michael Ward

1:12:25 best Open Men time · Cape Town 2026
49th 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 · Michael: Cape Town 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Cheslyn and Michael 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%).Michael: strongest on BBJ (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 49%).

See the numbers
Part Cheslyn: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 93% 88%
Push 94% 49%
Pull 84% 77%
BBJ 86% 98%
Row 63% 95%
Carry 73% 86%
Lunges 83% 81%
Wall balls 59% 93%
Roxzone 97% 93%
Runs 94% 88%

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

Part by part

Part Cheslyn Michael
SkiErg 93% 88%
Sled push 94% 49%
Sled pull 84% 77%
Burpee broad jump 86% 98%
Row 63% 95%
Farmers carry 73% 86%
Sandbag lunges 83% 81%
Wall balls 59% 93%
Roxzone (moving) 97% 93%
Runs (8 km) 94% 88%

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
Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men1:12:25
3:054:104:202:565:144:085:013:155:104:215:121:505:074:405:104:553:59
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.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, Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 38:19 running, 30:15 at the stations and 3:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:55).

See the numbers
Part Cheslyn · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:01 3:05
SkiErg 4:05 4:10
Run 2 4:25 4:20
Sled push 2:05 2:56
Run 3 4:42 5:14
Sled pull 3:54 4:08
Run 4 4:40 5:01
Burpee broad jump 4:21 3:15
Run 5 4:51 5:10
Row 4:48 4:21
Run 6 4:35 5:12
Farmers carry 2:04 1:50
Run 7 4:47 5:07
Sandbag lunges 4:34 4:40
Run 8 4:49 5:10
Wall balls 7:05 4:55
Roxzone 3:43 3:59
Finish 1:12:22 1:12:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Cheslyn Michael Gap
Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 1:12:22 1:12:25 0:03 · Cheslyn faster
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