Stephen vs Joshua
GBR · Open Men · 6 results Stephen Hands
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Joshua Barnard
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Stephen: Manchester 2024, Open Men · Joshua: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Stephen and Joshua sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stephen: strongest on Lunges (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 81%).Joshua: strongest on Runs (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 87%).
See the numbers
| Part | Stephen: faster than | Joshua: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 81% | 94% |
| Push | 91% | 87% |
| Pull | 97% | 96% |
| BBJ | 97% | 99% |
| Row | 85% | 96% |
| Carry | 90% | 99% |
| Lunges | 98% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 86% | 97% |
| Roxzone | 96% | 99% |
| Runs | 95% | 99% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Stephen | Joshua |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 81% | 94% |
| Sled push | 91% | 87% |
| Sled pull | 97% | 96% |
| Burpee broad jump | 97% | 99% |
| Row | 85% | 96% |
| Farmers carry | 90% | 99% |
| Sandbag lunges | 98% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 86% | 97% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 96% | 99% |
| Runs (8 km) | 95% | 99% |
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.Stephen · Manchester 2024 · Open Men: 32:49 running, 25:43 at the stations and 3:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:36).Below, Joshua · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 25:04 running, 26:02 at the stations and 8:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the SkiErg (4:24).
See the numbers
| Part | Stephen · Manchester 2024 · Open Men | Joshua · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:58 | 2:20 |
| SkiErg | 4:03 | 4:24 |
| Run 2 | 4:05 | 2:52 |
| Sled push | 1:54 | 2:18 |
| Run 3 | 4:16 | 3:00 |
| Sled pull | 3:05 | 3:29 |
| Run 4 | 4:13 | 3:05 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:04 | 2:49 |
| Run 5 | 4:16 | 3:06 |
| Row | 4:18 | 4:23 |
| Run 6 | 4:18 | 3:01 |
| Farmers carry | 1:31 | 1:17 |
| Run 7 | 4:10 | 3:11 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:12 | 3:08 |
| Run 8 | 4:32 | 4:29 |
| Wall balls | 4:36 | 4:15 |
| Roxzone | 3:51 | 8:25 |
| Finish | 1:02:14 | 59:23 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Stephen | Joshua | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:02:58 | 1:02:50 | 0:08 · Joshua faster |
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