Thapelo vs Ruan
RSA · Open Men · 2 results Thapelo Muparutsa
RSA · Open Men · 5 results Ruan Venter
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Thapelo: Cape Town 2026, Open Men · Ruan: Cape Town 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Thapelo and Ruan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thapelo: strongest on Push (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 25%).Ruan: strongest on Pull (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 29%).
See the numbers
| Part | Thapelo: faster than | Ruan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 68% | 41% |
| Push | 76% | 58% |
| Pull | 40% | 72% |
| BBJ | 49% | 32% |
| Row | 25% | 29% |
| Carry | 50% | 38% |
| Lunges | 33% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 34% |
| Roxzone | 48% | 60% |
| Runs | 41% | 38% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Thapelo | Ruan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 68% | 41% |
| Sled push | 76% | 58% |
| Sled pull | 40% | 72% |
| Burpee broad jump | 49% | 32% |
| Row | 25% | 29% |
| Farmers carry | 50% | 38% |
| Sandbag lunges | 33% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 34% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 48% | 60% |
| Runs (8 km) | 41% | 38% |
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.Thapelo · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 51:26 running, 42:21 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:25).Below, Ruan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men: 52:13 running, 42:30 at the stations and 6:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:21).
See the numbers
| Part | Thapelo · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men | Ruan · Cape Town 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:19 | 3:59 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:37 |
| Run 2 | 5:51 | 5:50 |
| Sled push | 2:43 | 3:02 |
| Run 3 | 6:11 | 7:24 |
| Sled pull | 5:55 | 4:43 |
| Run 4 | 6:49 | 6:38 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:28 | 7:32 |
| Run 5 | 7:05 | 7:56 |
| Row | 5:27 | 5:24 |
| Run 6 | 6:47 | 6:21 |
| Farmers carry | 2:18 | 2:29 |
| Run 7 | 6:41 | 6:49 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:43 | 5:22 |
| Run 8 | 7:43 | 7:16 |
| Wall balls | 8:25 | 9:21 |
| Roxzone | 7:00 | 6:11 |
| Finish | 1:40:40 | 1:40:47 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Thapelo | Ruan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Men · 4 Apr 2026 | 1:40:40 | 1:40:47 | 0:07 · Thapelo faster |
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