Michael vs Katlego
RSA · Open Men · 4 results Michael Opperman
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Katlego Sotsaka
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Katlego: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Katlego sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Runs (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 16%).Katlego: strongest on Push (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 20%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Katlego: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 86% | 86% |
| Push | 43% | 98% |
| Pull | 36% | 63% |
| BBJ | 51% | 20% |
| Row | 47% | 89% |
| Carry | 16% | 70% |
| Lunges | 76% | 81% |
| Wall balls | 57% | 39% |
| Roxzone | 67% | 89% |
| Runs | 87% | 80% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Katlego |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 86% | 86% |
| Sled push | 43% | 98% |
| Sled pull | 36% | 63% |
| Burpee broad jump | 51% | 20% |
| Row | 47% | 89% |
| Farmers carry | 16% | 70% |
| Sandbag lunges | 76% | 81% |
| Wall balls | 57% | 39% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 67% | 89% |
| Runs (8 km) | 87% | 80% |
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.Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 38:22 running, 38:59 at the stations and 5:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:13) and the shortest the sled push (3:01).Below, Katlego · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 40:08 running, 38:36 at the stations and 4:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:29) and the shortest the sled push (1:53).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Katlego · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:12 | 3:29 |
| SkiErg | 4:12 | 4:12 |
| Run 2 | 4:40 | 4:48 |
| Sled push | 3:01 | 1:53 |
| Run 3 | 5:01 | 5:19 |
| Sled pull | 5:22 | 4:33 |
| Run 4 | 5:09 | 5:17 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:11 | 8:12 |
| Run 5 | 4:55 | 5:31 |
| Row | 4:59 | 4:30 |
| Run 6 | 5:01 | 5:20 |
| Farmers carry | 3:10 | 2:07 |
| Run 7 | 5:09 | 5:07 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:51 | 4:40 |
| Run 8 | 5:14 | 5:17 |
| Wall balls | 7:13 | 8:29 |
| Roxzone | 5:36 | 4:22 |
| Finish | 1:22:47 | 1:22:58 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Katlego | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 15 Aug 2026 | 1:22:47 | 1:22:58 | 0:11 · Michael faster |
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