Paul vs Joshua
GBR · Open Men · 9 results Paul Lindsay
GBR · Pro Men · 7 results Joshua Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Paul: London 2025, Open Men · Joshua: Manchester 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Paul and Joshua sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Pull (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 59%).Joshua: strongest on Runs (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 86%).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul: faster than | Joshua: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 77% | 89% |
| Push | 62% | 93% |
| Pull | 82% | 86% |
| BBJ | 66% | 94% |
| Row | 60% | 97% |
| Carry | 69% | 89% |
| Lunges | 59% | 96% |
| Wall balls | 65% | 94% |
| Roxzone | 73% | 98% |
| Runs | 77% | 99% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Paul | Joshua |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 77% | 89% |
| Sled push | 62% | 93% |
| Sled pull | 82% | 86% |
| Burpee broad jump | 66% | 94% |
| Row | 60% | 97% |
| Farmers carry | 69% | 89% |
| Sandbag lunges | 59% | 96% |
| Wall balls | 65% | 94% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 73% | 98% |
| Runs (8 km) | 77% | 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.Paul · London 2025 · Open Men: 36:16 running, 32:52 at the stations and 4:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:23).Below, Joshua · Manchester 2025 · Open Men: 29:27 running, 26:30 at the stations and 4:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:21).
See the numbers
| Part | Paul · London 2025 · Open Men | Joshua · Manchester 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:16 | 2:38 |
| SkiErg | 4:11 | 4:02 |
| Run 2 | 4:11 | 3:38 |
| Sled push | 2:40 | 2:02 |
| Run 3 | 4:25 | 4:03 |
| Sled pull | 3:38 | 3:35 |
| Run 4 | 4:18 | 3:55 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:36 | 3:18 |
| Run 5 | 4:36 | 3:54 |
| Row | 4:36 | 4:09 |
| Run 6 | 4:22 | 3:49 |
| Farmers carry | 1:56 | 1:38 |
| Run 7 | 4:25 | 3:49 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:52 | 3:26 |
| Run 8 | 5:42 | 3:41 |
| Wall balls | 6:23 | 4:21 |
| Roxzone | 4:41 | 4:09 |
| Finish | 1:13:40 | 1:00:09 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Paul | Joshua | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Pro Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:30:28 | 1:30:15 | 0:13 · Joshua faster |
| Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 | 1:16:18 | 1:00:12 | 16:06 · Joshua faster |
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