Josh vs Aleksander

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Josh Backhouse

1:18:01 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
1217th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
POL POL · Open Men · 3 results

Aleksander Pala

1:11:31 best Open Men time · London 2025
374th of 1,917 place in that race · 1,917 Open Men finishers

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

Josh: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Aleksander: London 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Josh and Aleksander sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Josh: strongest on Ski (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 55%).Aleksander: strongest on Runs (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 39%).

See the numbers
Part Josh: faster than Aleksander: faster than
Ski 84% 62%
Push 83% 49%
Pull 55% 66%
BBJ 68% 50%
Row 81% 62%
Carry 56% 39%
Lunges 82% 66%
Wall balls 61% 46%
Roxzone 69% 93%
Runs 60% 96%

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

Part by part

Part Josh Aleksander
SkiErg 84% 62%
Sled push 83% 49%
Sled pull 55% 66%
Burpee broad jump 68% 50%
Row 81% 62%
Farmers carry 56% 39%
Sandbag lunges 82% 66%
Wall balls 61% 46%
Roxzone (moving) 69% 93%
Runs (8 km) 60% 96%

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

Josh · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:18:01
4:374:144:172:304:554:534:534:535:114:314:472:054:444:104:566:405:53
Aleksander · London 2025 · Open Men1:11:31
3:384:173:382:503:553:583:555:154:014:353:592:173:584:385:167:244:04
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.Josh · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 38:19 running, 33:56 at the stations and 5:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:40).Below, Aleksander · London 2025 · Open Men: 32:20 running, 35:13 at the stations and 4:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:24).

See the numbers
Part Josh · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Aleksander · London 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:37 3:38
SkiErg 4:14 4:17
Run 2 4:17 3:38
Sled push 2:30 2:50
Run 3 4:55 3:55
Sled pull 4:53 3:58
Run 4 4:53 3:55
Burpee broad jump 4:53 5:15
Run 5 5:11 4:01
Row 4:31 4:35
Run 6 4:47 3:59
Farmers carry 2:05 2:17
Run 7 4:44 3:58
Sandbag lunges 4:10 4:38
Run 8 4:56 5:16
Wall balls 6:40 7:24
Roxzone 5:53 4:04
Finish 1:18:01 1:11:31

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Josh Aleksander Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:18:01 1:18:01 level
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