Josh vs Nabeel

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
PAK PAK · Pro Men · 4 results

Nabeel Illahi

1:12:30 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
1137th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Josh: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Nabeel: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Josh and Nabeel 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%).Nabeel: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 17%).

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Part Josh: faster than Nabeel: faster than
Ski 84% 45%
Push 83% 17%
Pull 55% 71%
BBJ 68% 76%
Row 81% 62%
Carry 56% 70%
Lunges 82% 70%
Wall balls 61% 90%
Roxzone 69% 82%
Runs 60% 80%

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

Part by part

Part Josh Nabeel
SkiErg 84% 45%
Sled push 83% 17%
Sled pull 55% 71%
Burpee broad jump 68% 76%
Row 81% 62%
Farmers carry 56% 70%
Sandbag lunges 82% 70%
Wall balls 61% 90%
Roxzone (moving) 69% 82%
Runs (8 km) 60% 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

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
Nabeel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:12:30
3:064:533:273:253:354:173:364:273:464:493:331:503:344:324:544:589:56
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, Nabeel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 29:31 running, 33:11 at the stations and 9:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:58).

See the numbers
Part Josh · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Nabeel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:37 3:06
SkiErg 4:14 4:53
Run 2 4:17 3:27
Sled push 2:30 3:25
Run 3 4:55 3:35
Sled pull 4:53 4:17
Run 4 4:53 3:36
Burpee broad jump 4:53 4:27
Run 5 5:11 3:46
Row 4:31 4:49
Run 6 4:47 3:33
Farmers carry 2:05 1:50
Run 7 4:44 3:34
Sandbag lunges 4:10 4:32
Run 8 4:56 4:54
Wall balls 6:40 4:58
Roxzone 5:53 9:56
Finish 1:18:01 1:12:30

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Josh Nabeel Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:18:01 1:18:00 0:01 · Nabeel faster
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