Chesney vs Rihard
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Chesney Abner
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Rihard van den Berg
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Chesney: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Rihard: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Chesney and Rihard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Chesney: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 42%).Rihard: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 21%).
See the numbers
| Part | Chesney: faster than | Rihard: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 42% | 77% |
| Push | 56% | 68% |
| Pull | 78% | 82% |
| BBJ | 56% | 87% |
| Row | 62% | 73% |
| Carry | 50% | 75% |
| Lunges | 66% | 21% |
| Wall balls | 84% | 93% |
| Roxzone | 65% | 47% |
| Runs | 49% | 50% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Chesney | Rihard |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 42% | 77% |
| Sled push | 56% | 68% |
| Sled pull | 78% | 82% |
| Burpee broad jump | 56% | 87% |
| Row | 62% | 73% |
| Farmers carry | 50% | 75% |
| Sandbag lunges | 66% | 21% |
| Wall balls | 84% | 93% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 65% | 47% |
| Runs (8 km) | 49% | 50% |
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.Chesney · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 47:10 running, 35:28 at the stations and 5:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:55).Below, Rihard · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 46:45 running, 34:32 at the stations and 6:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:46).
See the numbers
| Part | Chesney · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Rihard · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:26 | 5:25 |
| SkiErg | 4:37 | 4:18 |
| Run 2 | 6:00 | 5:21 |
| Sled push | 2:46 | 2:35 |
| Run 3 | 5:58 | 6:06 |
| Sled pull | 4:05 | 3:59 |
| Run 4 | 5:59 | 5:47 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:55 | 4:15 |
| Run 5 | 6:10 | 6:03 |
| Row | 4:49 | 4:42 |
| Run 6 | 6:00 | 5:41 |
| Farmers carry | 2:23 | 2:02 |
| Run 7 | 6:01 | 6:01 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:18 | 7:46 |
| Run 8 | 6:36 | 6:21 |
| Wall balls | 5:35 | 4:55 |
| Roxzone | 5:40 | 6:49 |
| Finish | 1:28:09 | 1:28:03 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Chesney | Rihard | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 | 1:28:09 | 1:28:03 | 0:06 · Rihard faster |
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