Samuel vs Joshua

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Samuel Waters

1:47:46 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2441st of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Joshua Nichol

1:47:48 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2442nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Samuel: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Joshua: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
SamuelJoshuaedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Samuel and Joshua sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samuel: strongest on Lunges (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 3%).Joshua: strongest on Push (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 2%).

See the numbers
Part Samuel: faster than Joshua: faster than
Ski 28% 3%
Push 36% 44%
Pull 34% 3%
BBJ 24% 21%
Row 18% 40%
Carry 54% 27%
Lunges 57% 21%
Wall balls 5% 30%
Roxzone 3% 2%
Runs 11% 13%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Samuel Joshua
SkiErg 28% 3%
Sled push 36% 44%
Sled pull 34% 3%
Burpee broad jump 24% 21%
Row 18% 40%
Farmers carry 54% 27%
Sandbag lunges 57% 21%
Wall balls 5% 30%
Roxzone (moving) 3% 2%
Runs (8 km) 11% 13%

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

Samuel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:47:46
5:594:465:343:216:414:507:007:247:055:186:422:405:594:487:5412:449:04
Joshua · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:47:48
5:525:265:213:129:057:246:117:355:514:566:403:115:336:246:458:1610:09
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Samuel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 52:53 running, 45:51 at the stations and 9:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:44).Below, Joshua · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 51:18 running, 46:23 at the stations and 10:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:16).

See the numbers
Part Samuel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Joshua · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:59 5:52
SkiErg 4:46 5:26
Run 2 5:34 5:21
Sled push 3:21 3:12
Run 3 6:41 9:05
Sled pull 4:50 7:24
Run 4 7:00 6:11
Burpee broad jump 7:24 7:35
Run 5 7:05 5:51
Row 5:18 4:56
Run 6 6:42 6:40
Farmers carry 2:40 3:11
Run 7 5:59 5:33
Sandbag lunges 4:48 6:24
Run 8 7:54 6:45
Wall balls 12:44 8:16
Roxzone 9:04 10:09
Finish 1:47:46 1:47:48

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Samuel Joshua Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:47:46 1:47:48 0:02 · Samuel faster
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