Michael vs Bjorn

RSA RSA · Pro Men · 2 results

Michael Nkutshweu

1:38:53 best Pro Men time · Johannesburg 2025
72nd of 112 place in that race · 112 Pro Men finishers
GER GER · Pro Men · 2 results

Bjorn Berent

1:26:12 best Pro Men time · Johannesburg 2026
48th of 131 place in that race · 131 Pro Men finishers

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

Michael: Johannesburg 2025, Pro Men · Bjorn: Johannesburg 2026, Pro Men

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

This chart shows where Michael and Bjorn sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Lunges (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 17%).Bjorn: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 33%).

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Part Michael: faster than Bjorn: faster than
Ski 31% 44%
Push 29% 33%
Pull 17% 56%
BBJ 83% 64%
Row 18% 58%
Carry 39% 70%
Lunges 84% 62%
Wall balls 26% 85%
Roxzone 39% 57%
Runs 27% 55%

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

Part by part

Part Michael Bjorn
SkiErg 31% 44%
Sled push 29% 33%
Sled pull 17% 56%
Burpee broad jump 83% 64%
Row 18% 58%
Farmers carry 39% 70%
Sandbag lunges 84% 62%
Wall balls 26% 85%
Roxzone (moving) 39% 57%
Runs (8 km) 27% 55%

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

Michael · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men1:38:53
4:354:354:365:125:569:265:593:416:405:166:162:216:114:087:069:237:40
Bjorn · Johannesburg 2026 · Pro Men1:26:12
6:514:294:244:094:346:264:465:034:384:564:342:094:415:176:465:516:47
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.Michael · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men: 47:19 running, 44:01 at the stations and 7:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (9:26).Below, Bjorn · Johannesburg 2026 · Pro Men: 41:14 running, 38:19 at the stations and 6:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:26).

See the numbers
Part Michael · Johannesburg 2025 · Pro Men Bjorn · Johannesburg 2026 · Pro Men
Run 1 4:35 6:51
SkiErg 4:35 4:29
Run 2 4:36 4:24
Sled push 5:12 4:09
Run 3 5:56 4:34
Sled pull 9:26 6:26
Run 4 5:59 4:46
Burpee broad jump 3:41 5:03
Run 5 6:40 4:38
Row 5:16 4:56
Run 6 6:16 4:34
Farmers carry 2:21 2:09
Run 7 6:11 4:41
Sandbag lunges 4:08 5:17
Run 8 7:06 6:46
Wall balls 9:23 5:51
Roxzone 7:40 6:47
Finish 1:38:53 1:26:12

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Michael Bjorn Gap
Johannesburg 2025 Pro Men · 29 Nov 2025 1:38:53 1:38:31 0:22 · Bjorn faster
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