Michael vs Baleka
RSA · Open Men · 4 results Michael Humphries
COD · Open Men · 1 result Baleka Dzama
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Michael: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men · Baleka: Johannesburg 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Michael and Baleka sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Michael: strongest on Push (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 10%).Baleka: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 23%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than | Baleka: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 20% | 85% |
| Push | 96% | 60% |
| Pull | 83% | 53% |
| BBJ | 60% | 47% |
| Row | 10% | 41% |
| Carry | 49% | 84% |
| Lunges | 90% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 90% | 73% |
| Roxzone | 42% | 89% |
| Runs | 24% | 23% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Michael | Baleka |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 20% | 85% |
| Sled push | 96% | 60% |
| Sled pull | 83% | 53% |
| Burpee broad jump | 60% | 47% |
| Row | 10% | 41% |
| Farmers carry | 49% | 84% |
| Sandbag lunges | 90% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 90% | 73% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 42% | 89% |
| Runs (8 km) | 24% | 23% |
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 · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 59:15 running, 36:51 at the stations and 9:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:23) and the shortest the sled push (2:18).Below, Baleka · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men: 59:37 running, 40:13 at the stations and 6:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:07).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men | Baleka · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:14 | 2:42 |
| SkiErg | 5:16 | 4:28 |
| Run 2 | 6:33 | 4:22 |
| Sled push | 2:18 | 3:35 |
| Run 3 | 6:41 | 11:22 |
| Sled pull | 4:43 | 5:50 |
| Run 4 | 6:59 | 8:19 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:23 | 7:07 |
| Run 5 | 8:25 | 8:23 |
| Row | 5:57 | 5:18 |
| Run 6 | 7:26 | 8:06 |
| Farmers carry | 2:20 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 7:08 | 7:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:12 | 4:54 |
| Run 8 | 8:50 | 8:27 |
| Wall balls | 5:42 | 7:07 |
| Roxzone | 9:56 | 6:13 |
| Finish | 1:45:55 | 1:45:54 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Michael | Baleka | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2025 Open Men · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:45:55 | 1:45:54 | 0:01 · Baleka faster |
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