Joel vs Mahmoud
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Joel Cottrell
EGY · Open Men · 3 results Mahmoud Heikal
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joel: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Mahmoud: Turin 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Joel and Mahmoud sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joel: strongest on Carry (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 18%).Mahmoud: strongest on Row (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 26%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joel: faster than | Mahmoud: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 51% | 73% |
| Push | 65% | 74% |
| Pull | 43% | 58% |
| BBJ | 39% | 75% |
| Row | 27% | 80% |
| Carry | 90% | 29% |
| Lunges | 39% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 26% |
| Roxzone | 22% | 50% |
| Runs | 18% | 33% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joel | Mahmoud |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 51% | 73% |
| Sled push | 65% | 74% |
| Sled pull | 43% | 58% |
| Burpee broad jump | 39% | 75% |
| Row | 27% | 80% |
| Farmers carry | 90% | 29% |
| Sandbag lunges | 39% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 26% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 22% | 50% |
| Runs (8 km) | 18% | 33% |
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.Joel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 38:57 running, 37:30 at the stations and 13:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:42).Below, Mahmoud · Turin 2026 · Open Men: 42:48 running, 37:23 at the stations and 6:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:38).
See the numbers
| Part | Joel · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Mahmoud · Turin 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:41 | 3:40 |
| SkiErg | 4:50 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 4:23 | 4:55 |
| Sled push | 2:37 | 2:47 |
| Run 3 | 4:30 | 5:43 |
| Sled pull | 4:59 | 4:52 |
| Run 4 | 4:39 | 5:32 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:01 | 4:23 |
| Run 5 | 4:55 | 5:30 |
| Row | 5:12 | 4:42 |
| Run 6 | 4:56 | 5:39 |
| Farmers carry | 1:35 | 2:23 |
| Run 7 | 4:43 | 5:35 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:34 | 5:16 |
| Run 8 | 7:10 | 6:14 |
| Wall balls | 6:42 | 8:38 |
| Roxzone | 13:48 | 6:53 |
| Finish | 1:30:04 | 1:26:58 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Joel | Mahmoud | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:30:04 | 1:30:03 | 0:01 · Mahmoud faster |
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