Declan vs Thabo
RSA · Pro Men · 1 result Declan Kennedy
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Thabo Matsebe
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Declan: Johannesburg 2025, Pro Men · Thabo: Johannesburg 2026, Open Men
Not the same division. Declan's race here is Pro Men and Thabo's is Open Men, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.
This chart shows where Declan and Thabo sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Declan: strongest on BBJ (faster than 13% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 0%).Thabo: strongest on BBJ (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 8%).
See the numbers
| Part | Declan: faster than | Thabo: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 1% | 48% |
| Push | 0% | 12% |
| Pull | 2% | 30% |
| BBJ | 13% | 80% |
| Row | 5% | 12% |
| Carry | 12% | 60% |
| Lunges | 5% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 2% | 66% |
| Roxzone | 9% | 8% |
| Runs | 4% | 41% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Declan | Thabo |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 1% | 48% |
| Sled push | 0% | 12% |
| Sled pull | 2% | 30% |
| Burpee broad jump | 13% | 80% |
| Row | 5% | 12% |
| Farmers carry | 12% | 60% |
| Sandbag lunges | 5% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 2% | 66% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 9% | 8% |
| Runs (8 km) | 4% | 41% |
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.Declan · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men: 1:01:48 running, 1:14:55 at the stations and 10:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:31).Below, Thabo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men: 50:19 running, 42:11 at the stations and 14:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:23).
See the numbers
| Part | Declan · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men | Thabo · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:07 | 6:45 |
| SkiErg | 5:53 | 4:47 |
| Run 2 | 7:00 | 4:38 |
| Sled push | 15:01 | 4:30 |
| Run 3 | 7:07 | 6:28 |
| Sled pull | 12:21 | 6:38 |
| Run 4 | 7:30 | 6:00 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:24 | 5:29 |
| Run 5 | 8:38 | 6:27 |
| Row | 5:43 | 6:15 |
| Run 6 | 8:38 | 6:16 |
| Farmers carry | 3:18 | 2:15 |
| Run 7 | 8:39 | 5:37 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:44 | 4:55 |
| Run 8 | 10:09 | 8:07 |
| Wall balls | 16:31 | 7:23 |
| Roxzone | 10:53 | 14:23 |
| Finish | 2:27:29 | 1:46:44 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Declan | Thabo | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2025 Pro Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 2:27:29 | 2:14:08 | 13:21 · Thabo faster |
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