Mark vs Joel
Mark Buttner
Joel Popplewell
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mark: Perth 2026, Open Men · Joel: Melbourne 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Mark and Joel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mark: strongest on Carry (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 3%).Joel: strongest on Row (faster than 43% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 3%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mark: faster than | Joel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 17% | 6% |
| Push | 31% | 20% |
| Pull | 12% | 4% |
| BBJ | 13% | 7% |
| Row | 15% | 43% |
| Carry | 40% | 32% |
| Lunges | 23% | 3% |
| Wall balls | 22% | 4% |
| Roxzone | 3% | 6% |
| Runs | 4% | 18% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mark | Joel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 17% | 6% |
| Sled push | 31% | 20% |
| Sled pull | 12% | 4% |
| Burpee broad jump | 13% | 7% |
| Row | 15% | 43% |
| Farmers carry | 40% | 32% |
| Sandbag lunges | 23% | 3% |
| Wall balls | 22% | 4% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 3% | 6% |
| Runs (8 km) | 4% | 18% |
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.Mark · Perth 2026 · Open Men: 1:00:49 running, 46:42 at the stations and 10:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:09).Below, Joel · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 46:31 running, 55:54 at the stations and 13:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:14).
See the numbers
| Part | Mark · Perth 2026 · Open Men | Joel · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:59 | 3:35 |
| SkiErg | 4:45 | 5:06 |
| Run 2 | 6:55 | 5:16 |
| Sled push | 3:18 | 3:23 |
| Run 3 | 7:55 | 5:41 |
| Sled pull | 6:20 | 8:13 |
| Run 4 | 7:39 | 5:26 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:50 | 8:40 |
| Run 5 | 11:13 | 6:13 |
| Row | 5:24 | 4:51 |
| Run 6 | 7:43 | 6:20 |
| Farmers carry | 2:55 | 2:21 |
| Run 7 | 7:03 | 6:32 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:01 | 10:06 |
| Run 8 | 7:21 | 7:28 |
| Wall balls | 9:09 | 13:14 |
| Roxzone | 10:45 | 13:50 |
| Finish | 1:58:10 | 1:56:05 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mark | Joel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth 2026 Open Men · 21 Aug 2026 | 1:58:10 | 1:58:41 | 0:31 · Mark faster |
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