Richard vs Joel
GBR · Open Men · 6 results Richard Bacon
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Joel Gleicher
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Joel: London Olympia 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and Joel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Carry (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 9%).Joel: strongest on BBJ (faster than 25% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 8%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | Joel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 21% | 8% |
| Push | 35% | 17% |
| Pull | 37% | 11% |
| BBJ | 27% | 25% |
| Row | 19% | 22% |
| Carry | 84% | 18% |
| Lunges | 9% | 18% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 16% |
| Roxzone | 71% | 12% |
| Runs | 45% | 15% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | Joel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 21% | 8% |
| Sled push | 35% | 17% |
| Sled pull | 37% | 11% |
| Burpee broad jump | 27% | 25% |
| Row | 19% | 22% |
| Farmers carry | 84% | 18% |
| Sandbag lunges | 9% | 18% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 16% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 71% | 12% |
| Runs (8 km) | 45% | 15% |
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.Richard · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 41:07 running, 41:51 at the stations and 4:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:52).Below, Joel · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 50:13 running, 46:56 at the stations and 8:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:31).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | Joel · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:46 | 5:32 |
| SkiErg | 4:49 | 5:02 |
| Run 2 | 4:36 | 7:07 |
| Sled push | 3:13 | 3:40 |
| Run 3 | 4:54 | 5:52 |
| Sled pull | 5:06 | 6:01 |
| Run 4 | 4:45 | 6:01 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:04 | 6:54 |
| Run 5 | 5:06 | 6:05 |
| Row | 5:10 | 5:12 |
| Run 6 | 5:18 | 6:02 |
| Farmers carry | 1:44 | 2:49 |
| Run 7 | 5:22 | 5:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:52 | 6:47 |
| Run 8 | 6:19 | 7:39 |
| Wall balls | 7:52 | 10:31 |
| Roxzone | 4:13 | 8:39 |
| Finish | 1:27:09 | 1:45:41 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Richard | Joel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:47:40 | 1:47:43 | 0:03 · Richard faster |
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