Ruan vs Helder
RSA · Open Men · 3 results Ruan Prinsloo
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Helder Fernandes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ruan: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Helder: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Ruan and Helder sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ruan: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 49%).Helder: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 52%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ruan: faster than | Helder: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 73% | 83% |
| Push | 49% | 65% |
| Pull | 89% | 91% |
| BBJ | 73% | 82% |
| Row | 56% | 87% |
| Carry | 61% | 52% |
| Lunges | 88% | 93% |
| Wall balls | 65% | 94% |
| Roxzone | 95% | 79% |
| Runs | 88% | 80% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ruan | Helder |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 73% | 83% |
| Sled push | 49% | 65% |
| Sled pull | 89% | 91% |
| Burpee broad jump | 73% | 82% |
| Row | 56% | 87% |
| Farmers carry | 61% | 52% |
| Sandbag lunges | 88% | 93% |
| Wall balls | 65% | 94% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 95% | 79% |
| Runs (8 km) | 88% | 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.Ruan · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 39:51 running, 37:50 at the stations and 5:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:42).Below, Helder · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 42:07 running, 33:43 at the stations and 7:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:16).
See the numbers
| Part | Ruan · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men | Helder · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:53 | 3:37 |
| SkiErg | 4:35 | 4:29 |
| Run 2 | 4:22 | 5:03 |
| Sled push | 3:55 | 3:28 |
| Run 3 | 5:06 | 5:20 |
| Sled pull | 4:24 | 4:19 |
| Run 4 | 4:45 | 5:20 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:44 | 5:15 |
| Run 5 | 5:29 | 5:38 |
| Row | 5:03 | 4:38 |
| Run 6 | 6:48 | 5:32 |
| Farmers carry | 2:11 | 2:18 |
| Run 7 | 5:03 | 5:39 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:16 | 4:00 |
| Run 8 | 5:25 | 5:58 |
| Wall balls | 7:42 | 5:16 |
| Roxzone | 5:37 | 7:05 |
| Finish | 1:23:10 | 1:22:48 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ruan | Helder | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:23:10 | 1:22:48 | 0:22 · Helder faster |
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