Nicole vs Ashley
RSA · Open Women · 5 results Nicole van Rooyen
RSA · Open Women · 2 results Ashley Smithers
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicole: Cape Town 2026, Open Women · Ashley: Cape Town 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Nicole and Ashley sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicole: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 41%).Ashley: strongest on Row (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 15%).
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| Part | Nicole: faster than | Ashley: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 41% | 60% |
| Push | 43% | 77% |
| Pull | 45% | 72% |
| BBJ | 78% | 56% |
| Row | 54% | 87% |
| Carry | 63% | 15% |
| Lunges | 69% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 50% |
| Roxzone | 88% | 57% |
| Runs | 84% | 73% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicole | Ashley |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 41% | 60% |
| Sled push | 43% | 77% |
| Sled pull | 45% | 72% |
| Burpee broad jump | 78% | 56% |
| Row | 54% | 87% |
| Farmers carry | 63% | 15% |
| Sandbag lunges | 69% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 61% | 50% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 88% | 57% |
| Runs (8 km) | 84% | 73% |
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.Nicole · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 44:20 running, 41:14 at the stations and 4:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:00).Below, Ashley · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 46:10 running, 40:07 at the stations and 6:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:29) and the shortest the sled push (2:21).
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| Part | Nicole · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women | Ashley · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:09 | 3:55 |
| SkiErg | 5:27 | 5:11 |
| Run 2 | 5:42 | 5:34 |
| Sled push | 3:17 | 2:21 |
| Run 3 | 6:02 | 6:11 |
| Sled pull | 6:45 | 5:07 |
| Run 4 | 5:45 | 6:07 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:59 | 6:58 |
| Run 5 | 5:37 | 5:59 |
| Row | 5:42 | 5:04 |
| Run 6 | 5:33 | 6:02 |
| Farmers carry | 2:17 | 3:10 |
| Run 7 | 5:35 | 6:05 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:48 | 4:46 |
| Run 8 | 5:57 | 6:17 |
| Wall balls | 7:00 | 7:29 |
| Roxzone | 4:48 | 6:31 |
| Finish | 1:30:13 | 1:32:38 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Nicole | Ashley | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Women · 15 Aug 2026 | 1:32:34 | 1:32:38 | 0:04 · Nicole faster |
| Cape Town 2026 Open Women · 4 Apr 2026 | 1:30:13 | 1:45:07 | 14:54 · Nicole faster |
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