Josh vs Michael
AUS · Open Men · 2 results Josh Simpson
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Michael Barker
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Josh: Brisbane 2025, Open Men · Michael: Sydney 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Josh and Michael 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 23% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).Michael: strongest on Carry (faster than 59% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 6%).
See the numbers
| Part | Josh: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 23% | 6% |
| Push | 11% | 17% |
| Pull | 21% | 8% |
| BBJ | 2% | 21% |
| Row | 13% | 8% |
| Carry | 6% | 59% |
| Lunges | 1% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 41% |
| Roxzone | 9% | 11% |
| Runs | 6% | 28% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Josh | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 23% | 6% |
| Sled push | 11% | 17% |
| Sled pull | 21% | 8% |
| Burpee broad jump | 2% | 21% |
| Row | 13% | 8% |
| Farmers carry | 6% | 59% |
| Sandbag lunges | 1% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 10% | 41% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 9% | 11% |
| Runs (8 km) | 6% | 28% |
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.Josh · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men: 56:11 running, 54:13 at the stations and 10:47 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (11:41).Below, Michael · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 41:44 running, 42:04 at the stations and 11:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (6:56).
See the numbers
| Part | Josh · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men | Michael · Sydney 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:20 | 4:27 |
| SkiErg | 4:31 | 4:55 |
| Run 2 | 6:14 | 4:39 |
| Sled push | 3:12 | 2:50 |
| Run 3 | 6:57 | 5:04 |
| Sled pull | 5:31 | 6:29 |
| Run 4 | 7:03 | 4:57 |
| Burpee broad jump | 11:36 | 6:49 |
| Run 5 | 8:09 | 5:10 |
| Row | 5:10 | 5:18 |
| Run 6 | 7:54 | 5:05 |
| Farmers carry | 3:09 | 2:04 |
| Run 7 | 7:30 | 5:13 |
| Sandbag lunges | 11:41 | 6:56 |
| Run 8 | 9:04 | 7:09 |
| Wall balls | 9:23 | 6:43 |
| Roxzone | 10:47 | 11:10 |
| Finish | 2:01:03 | 1:34:48 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Josh | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane 2025 Open Men · 1 Mar 2025 | 2:01:03 | 2:00:52 | 0:11 · Michael faster |
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