Howard vs Joshua
USA · Open Men · 1 result Howard Willis
USA · Open Men · 2 results Joshua Fairlie
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Howard: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Joshua: Houston 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Howard and Joshua sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Howard: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 25%).Joshua: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 16%).
See the numbers
| Part | Howard: faster than | Joshua: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 26% | 52% |
| Push | 99% | 50% |
| Pull | 51% | 32% |
| BBJ | 75% | 66% |
| Row | 25% | 79% |
| Carry | 87% | 16% |
| Lunges | 62% | 63% |
| Wall balls | 58% | 68% |
| Roxzone | 52% | 93% |
| Runs | 50% | 81% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Howard | Joshua |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 26% | 52% |
| Sled push | 99% | 50% |
| Sled pull | 51% | 32% |
| Burpee broad jump | 75% | 66% |
| Row | 25% | 79% |
| Farmers carry | 87% | 16% |
| Sandbag lunges | 62% | 63% |
| Wall balls | 58% | 68% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 52% | 93% |
| Runs (8 km) | 50% | 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.Howard · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 45:19 running, 35:30 at the stations and 6:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:05) and the shortest the sled push (1:25).Below, Joshua · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 37:26 running, 39:03 at the stations and 5:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:42).
See the numbers
| Part | Howard · Chicago 2025 · Open Men | Joshua · Houston 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:04 | 5:03 |
| SkiErg | 4:44 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 5:27 | 4:15 |
| Sled push | 1:25 | 3:14 |
| Run 3 | 5:49 | 4:39 |
| Sled pull | 5:12 | 6:26 |
| Run 4 | 5:52 | 4:37 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:09 | 5:14 |
| Run 5 | 6:06 | 4:30 |
| Row | 5:13 | 4:41 |
| Run 6 | 5:54 | 4:42 |
| Farmers carry | 1:44 | 2:59 |
| Run 7 | 6:02 | 4:35 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:58 | 5:09 |
| Run 8 | 6:04 | 5:05 |
| Wall balls | 7:05 | 6:42 |
| Roxzone | 6:44 | 5:30 |
| Finish | 1:27:25 | 1:21:52 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Howard | Joshua | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago 2025 Open Men · 14 Nov 2025 | 1:27:25 | 1:27:23 | 0:02 · Joshua faster |
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