Joshua vs Aaron
USA · Open Men · 3 results Joshua Vandebrake
USA · Open Men · 4 results Aaron Lack
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joshua: Anaheim 2025, Open Men · Aaron: Phoenix 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Joshua and Aaron sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joshua: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 32%).Aaron: strongest on Carry (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 32%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua: faster than | Aaron: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 45% | 70% |
| Push | 32% | 75% |
| Pull | 70% | 32% |
| BBJ | 85% | 41% |
| Row | 63% | 68% |
| Carry | 81% | 97% |
| Lunges | 58% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 42% |
| Roxzone | 88% | 53% |
| Runs | 77% | 94% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joshua | Aaron |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 45% | 70% |
| Sled push | 32% | 75% |
| Sled pull | 70% | 32% |
| Burpee broad jump | 85% | 41% |
| Row | 63% | 68% |
| Farmers carry | 81% | 97% |
| Sandbag lunges | 58% | 70% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 42% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 88% | 53% |
| Runs (8 km) | 77% | 94% |
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 · Anaheim 2025 · Open Men: 40:22 running, 37:58 at the stations and 5:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:18).Below, Aaron · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men: 33:33 running, 36:31 at the stations and 6:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:26).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua · Anaheim 2025 · Open Men | Aaron · Phoenix 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:24 | 4:01 |
| SkiErg | 4:54 | 4:22 |
| Run 2 | 4:28 | 4:03 |
| Sled push | 3:52 | 2:34 |
| Run 3 | 4:53 | 4:23 |
| Sled pull | 4:58 | 5:08 |
| Run 4 | 4:58 | 4:12 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:29 | 6:06 |
| Run 5 | 5:22 | 4:17 |
| Row | 5:06 | 4:47 |
| Run 6 | 4:45 | 4:07 |
| Farmers carry | 1:58 | 1:29 |
| Run 7 | 5:09 | 4:14 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:22 | 4:39 |
| Run 8 | 6:23 | 4:16 |
| Wall balls | 7:18 | 7:26 |
| Roxzone | 5:22 | 6:56 |
| Finish | 1:23:33 | 1:16:53 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Joshua | Aaron | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaheim 2025 Open Men · 12 Dec 2025 | 1:23:33 | 1:23:31 | 0:02 · Aaron faster |
| Anaheim 2024 Open Men · 7 Dec 2024 | 1:26:20 | 1:32:46 | 6:26 · Joshua faster |
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