Joshua vs Samuel
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Joshua Nichol
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Samuel Waters
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joshua: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Samuel: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Joshua and Samuel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joshua: strongest on Push (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 2%).Samuel: strongest on Lunges (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua: faster than | Samuel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 3% | 28% |
| Push | 44% | 36% |
| Pull | 3% | 34% |
| BBJ | 21% | 24% |
| Row | 40% | 18% |
| Carry | 27% | 54% |
| Lunges | 21% | 57% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 5% |
| Roxzone | 2% | 3% |
| Runs | 13% | 11% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joshua | Samuel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 3% | 28% |
| Sled push | 44% | 36% |
| Sled pull | 3% | 34% |
| Burpee broad jump | 21% | 24% |
| Row | 40% | 18% |
| Farmers carry | 27% | 54% |
| Sandbag lunges | 21% | 57% |
| Wall balls | 30% | 5% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 2% | 3% |
| Runs (8 km) | 13% | 11% |
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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 51:18 running, 46:23 at the stations and 10:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:16).Below, Samuel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 52:53 running, 45:51 at the stations and 9:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:44).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Samuel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:52 | 5:59 |
| SkiErg | 5:26 | 4:46 |
| Run 2 | 5:21 | 5:34 |
| Sled push | 3:12 | 3:21 |
| Run 3 | 9:05 | 6:41 |
| Sled pull | 7:24 | 4:50 |
| Run 4 | 6:11 | 7:00 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:35 | 7:24 |
| Run 5 | 5:51 | 7:05 |
| Row | 4:56 | 5:18 |
| Run 6 | 6:40 | 6:42 |
| Farmers carry | 3:11 | 2:40 |
| Run 7 | 5:33 | 5:59 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:24 | 4:48 |
| Run 8 | 6:45 | 7:54 |
| Wall balls | 8:16 | 12:44 |
| Roxzone | 10:09 | 9:04 |
| Finish | 1:47:48 | 1:47:46 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Joshua | Samuel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:47:48 | 1:47:46 | 0:02 · Samuel faster |
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