Josh vs John

RSA RSA · Open Men · 1 result

Josh Saunders

1:16:33 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
651st of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

John Williams

1:05:26 best Open Men time · Glasgow 2026
142nd of 2,661 place in that race · 2,661 Open Men finishers

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

Josh: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · John: Glasgow 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Josh and John sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Josh: strongest on Pull (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 51%).John: strongest on Runs (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 64%).

See the numbers
Part Josh: faster than John: faster than
Ski 97% 89%
Push 66% 83%
Pull 99% 82%
BBJ 68% 96%
Row 94% 82%
Carry 58% 96%
Lunges 71% 97%
Wall balls 53% 64%
Roxzone 51% 96%
Runs 75% 97%

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

Part by part

Part Josh John
SkiErg 97% 89%
Sled push 66% 83%
Sled pull 99% 82%
Burpee broad jump 68% 96%
Row 94% 82%
Farmers carry 58% 96%
Sandbag lunges 71% 97%
Wall balls 53% 64%
Roxzone (moving) 51% 96%
Runs (8 km) 75% 97%

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 2024 · Open Men1:16:33
4:423:594:172:394:203:054:305:054:324:184:232:024:294:275:506:337:30
John · Glasgow 2026 · Open Men1:05:26
4:084:133:542:253:573:343:553:214:124:374:071:343:583:254:326:303:12
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 2024 · Open Men: 37:02 running, 32:07 at the stations and 7:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:33).Below, John · Glasgow 2026 · Open Men: 32:43 running, 29:40 at the stations and 3:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:30).

See the numbers
Part Josh · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men John · Glasgow 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:42 4:08
SkiErg 3:59 4:13
Run 2 4:17 3:54
Sled push 2:39 2:25
Run 3 4:20 3:57
Sled pull 3:05 3:34
Run 4 4:30 3:55
Burpee broad jump 5:05 3:21
Run 5 4:32 4:12
Row 4:18 4:37
Run 6 4:23 4:07
Farmers carry 2:02 1:34
Run 7 4:29 3:58
Sandbag lunges 4:27 3:25
Run 8 5:50 4:32
Wall balls 6:33 6:30
Roxzone 7:30 3:12
Finish 1:16:33 1:05:26

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Josh John Gap
Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 1:16:33 1:16:33 level
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