Sizwe vs Marlin

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Sizwe Lechesa

2:28:30 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
612th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers
RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Marlin Petersen

2:31:03 best Open Men time · Johannesburg 2025
614th of 652 place in that race · 652 Open Men finishers

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

Sizwe: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Marlin: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Sizwe and Marlin sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Sizwe: strongest on Ski (faster than 37% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 3%).Marlin: strongest on Runs (faster than 31% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).

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Part Sizwe: faster than Marlin: faster than
Ski 37% 17%
Push 7% 2%
Pull 3% 2%
BBJ 11% 1%
Row 17% 9%
Carry 36% 18%
Lunges 11% 1%
Wall balls 7% 2%
Roxzone 14% 13%
Runs 8% 31%

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

Part by part

Part Sizwe Marlin
SkiErg 37% 17%
Sled push 7% 2%
Sled pull 3% 2%
Burpee broad jump 11% 1%
Row 17% 9%
Farmers carry 36% 18%
Sandbag lunges 11% 1%
Wall balls 7% 2%
Roxzone (moving) 14% 13%
Runs (8 km) 8% 31%

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

Sizwe · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men2:28:30
3:405:009:166:1110:1710:179:4110:2612:025:459:162:329:078:178:3915:2712:43
Marlin · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men2:31:03
3:225:199:007:496:1910:546:2315:246:415:596:422:547:0914:2910:0419:4113:00
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.Sizwe · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 1:11:58 running, 1:03:54 at the stations and 12:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:27).Below, Marlin · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 55:40 running, 1:22:29 at the stations and 13:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (19:41).

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Part Sizwe · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men Marlin · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:40 3:22
SkiErg 5:00 5:19
Run 2 9:16 9:00
Sled push 6:11 7:49
Run 3 10:17 6:19
Sled pull 10:17 10:54
Run 4 9:41 6:23
Burpee broad jump 10:26 15:24
Run 5 12:02 6:41
Row 5:45 5:59
Run 6 9:16 6:42
Farmers carry 2:32 2:54
Run 7 9:07 7:09
Sandbag lunges 8:17 14:29
Run 8 8:39 10:04
Wall balls 15:27 19:41
Roxzone 12:43 13:00
Finish 2:28:30 2:31:03

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Sizwe Marlin Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 2:28:30 2:31:03 2:33 · Sizwe faster
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