Kuhle vs Merina
Kuhle Shelembe
Merina van Vollenhoven
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Kuhle: Cape Town 2026, Open Women · Merina: Cape Town 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Kuhle and Merina sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Kuhle: strongest on Ski (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 9%).Merina: strongest on Ski (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Kuhle: faster than | Merina: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 96% | 84% |
| Push | 85% | 79% |
| Pull | 95% | 43% |
| BBJ | 72% | 59% |
| Row | 92% | 58% |
| Carry | 47% | 54% |
| Lunges | 23% | 71% |
| Wall balls | 66% | 58% |
| Roxzone | 35% | 32% |
| Runs | 9% | 10% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Kuhle | Merina |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 96% | 84% |
| Sled push | 85% | 79% |
| Sled pull | 95% | 43% |
| Burpee broad jump | 72% | 59% |
| Row | 92% | 58% |
| Farmers carry | 47% | 54% |
| Sandbag lunges | 23% | 71% |
| Wall balls | 66% | 58% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 35% | 32% |
| Runs (8 km) | 9% | 10% |
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.Kuhle · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 1:15:44 running, 39:28 at the stations and 7:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:23).Below, Merina · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 1:13:53 running, 41:32 at the stations and 8:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:14).
See the numbers
| Part | Kuhle · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women | Merina · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:33 | 4:16 |
| SkiErg | 4:38 | 4:53 |
| Run 2 | 6:55 | 9:16 |
| Sled push | 2:29 | 2:36 |
| Run 3 | 7:27 | 10:28 |
| Sled pull | 4:25 | 6:51 |
| Run 4 | 10:23 | 9:36 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:20 | 7:11 |
| Run 5 | 10:49 | 10:20 |
| Row | 5:01 | 5:39 |
| Run 6 | 11:20 | 9:28 |
| Farmers carry | 2:28 | 2:23 |
| Run 7 | 11:25 | 9:51 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:23 | 4:46 |
| Run 8 | 12:52 | 10:38 |
| Wall balls | 6:44 | 7:14 |
| Roxzone | 7:55 | 8:07 |
| Finish | 2:03:05 | 2:03:26 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Kuhle | Merina | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Women · 4 Apr 2026 | 2:03:05 | 2:03:26 | 0:21 · Kuhle faster |
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