Joshua vs Noel
Joshua Obrien
Noel Cheeseboro
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joshua: Houston 2026, Open Men · Noel: Houston 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Joshua and Noel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joshua: strongest on Carry (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 5%).Noel: strongest on BBJ (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 8%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua: faster than | Noel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 13% | 47% |
| Push | 5% | 29% |
| Pull | 29% | 8% |
| BBJ | 7% | 70% |
| Row | 8% | 14% |
| Carry | 70% | 11% |
| Lunges | 10% | 11% |
| Wall balls | 7% | 21% |
| Roxzone | 15% | 14% |
| Runs | 19% | 9% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joshua | Noel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 13% | 47% |
| Sled push | 5% | 29% |
| Sled pull | 29% | 8% |
| Burpee broad jump | 7% | 70% |
| Row | 8% | 14% |
| Farmers carry | 70% | 11% |
| Sandbag lunges | 10% | 11% |
| Wall balls | 7% | 21% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 15% | 14% |
| Runs (8 km) | 19% | 9% |
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.Joshua · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 54:12 running, 57:41 at the stations and 11:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:11).Below, Noel · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 1:02:08 running, 49:32 at the stations and 12:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:33).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua · Houston 2026 · Open Men | Noel · Houston 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:06 | 5:40 |
| SkiErg | 5:09 | 4:42 |
| Run 2 | 6:00 | 5:16 |
| Sled push | 5:51 | 3:48 |
| Run 3 | 7:44 | 5:50 |
| Sled pull | 6:32 | 8:30 |
| Run 4 | 6:39 | 6:10 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:50 | 5:04 |
| Run 5 | 7:13 | 6:45 |
| Row | 5:52 | 5:37 |
| Run 6 | 6:36 | 6:35 |
| Farmers carry | 2:02 | 3:07 |
| Run 7 | 6:19 | 7:26 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:15 | 8:10 |
| Run 8 | 7:35 | 18:26 |
| Wall balls | 14:11 | 10:33 |
| Roxzone | 11:48 | 12:07 |
| Finish | 2:03:32 | 2:03:37 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Joshua | Noel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 | 2:03:32 | 2:03:37 | 0:05 · Joshua faster |
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