Nicholas vs Joshua
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Nicholas Busby
GBR · Open Men · 10 results Joshua Thornton
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicholas: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Joshua: London 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Nicholas and Joshua sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicholas: strongest on Carry (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 24%).Joshua: strongest on Runs (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 42%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than | Joshua: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 30% | 81% |
| Push | 63% | 62% |
| Pull | 62% | 43% |
| BBJ | 63% | 45% |
| Row | 39% | 43% |
| Carry | 80% | 42% |
| Lunges | 24% | 56% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 56% |
| Roxzone | 68% | 67% |
| Runs | 70% | 81% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicholas | Joshua |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 30% | 81% |
| Sled push | 63% | 62% |
| Sled pull | 62% | 43% |
| Burpee broad jump | 63% | 45% |
| Row | 39% | 43% |
| Farmers carry | 80% | 42% |
| Sandbag lunges | 24% | 56% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 56% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 68% | 67% |
| Runs (8 km) | 70% | 81% |
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.Nicholas · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 36:47 running, 38:40 at the stations and 5:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:13).Below, Joshua · London 2024 · Open Men: 34:54 running, 36:49 at the stations and 6:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:24).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Joshua · London 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:07 | 5:05 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 4:12 |
| Run 2 | 4:17 | 3:51 |
| Sled push | 2:59 | 2:52 |
| Run 3 | 4:27 | 4:12 |
| Sled pull | 4:41 | 5:17 |
| Run 4 | 4:25 | 4:10 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:05 | 6:05 |
| Run 5 | 4:47 | 4:09 |
| Row | 4:56 | 4:52 |
| Run 6 | 4:29 | 4:06 |
| Farmers carry | 1:47 | 2:13 |
| Run 7 | 4:38 | 4:13 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:19 | 4:54 |
| Run 8 | 4:38 | 5:08 |
| Wall balls | 8:13 | 6:24 |
| Roxzone | 5:55 | 6:52 |
| Finish | 1:21:13 | 1:18:26 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicholas | Joshua | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:21:13 | 1:21:12 | 0:01 · Joshua faster |
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