Joe vs Louis
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Joe Nelson
GBR · Open Men · 8 results Louis McLean
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joe: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Louis: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Joe and Louis sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joe: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 71%).Louis: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 36%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joe: faster than | Louis: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 71% | 69% |
| Push | 83% | 36% |
| Pull | 87% | 71% |
| BBJ | 92% | 82% |
| Row | 93% | 80% |
| Carry | 95% | 86% |
| Lunges | 73% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 98% | 94% |
| Roxzone | 96% | 86% |
| Runs | 85% | 80% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joe | Louis |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 71% | 69% |
| Sled push | 83% | 36% |
| Sled pull | 87% | 71% |
| Burpee broad jump | 92% | 82% |
| Row | 93% | 80% |
| Farmers carry | 95% | 86% |
| Sandbag lunges | 73% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 98% | 94% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 96% | 86% |
| Runs (8 km) | 85% | 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.Joe · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 34:04 running, 28:50 at the stations and 4:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (4:27).Below, Louis · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 37:02 running, 31:37 at the stations and 2:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:32).
See the numbers
| Part | Joe · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Louis · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:25 | 4:36 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:26 |
| Run 2 | 3:51 | 4:15 |
| Sled push | 2:30 | 3:21 |
| Run 3 | 4:04 | 4:30 |
| Sled pull | 3:57 | 3:53 |
| Run 4 | 4:11 | 4:34 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:44 | 4:27 |
| Run 5 | 4:30 | 4:37 |
| Row | 4:22 | 4:32 |
| Run 6 | 4:12 | 4:49 |
| Farmers carry | 1:33 | 2:09 |
| Run 7 | 4:19 | 4:16 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:27 | 4:30 |
| Run 8 | 4:31 | 5:24 |
| Wall balls | 3:56 | 4:19 |
| Roxzone | 4:38 | 2:55 |
| Finish | 1:07:23 | 1:11:29 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Joe | Louis | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:11:30 | 1:11:29 | 0:01 · Louis faster |
| London ExCeL 2025 Doubles Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 59:58 | 54:11 | 5:47 · Louis faster |
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