Joshua vs Matthew
GBR · Open Men · 8 results Joshua Hardcastle
GBR · Pro Men · 10 results Matthew Boxall
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joshua: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Matthew: Riga 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Joshua and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joshua: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 88%).Matthew: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 68%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua: faster than | Matthew: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 90% | 99% |
| Push | 96% | 98% |
| Pull | 99% | 99% |
| BBJ | 88% | 98% |
| Row | 98% | 99% |
| Carry | 98% | 68% |
| Lunges | 98% | 95% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 99% |
| Roxzone | 99% | 97% |
| Runs | 99% | 97% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joshua | Matthew |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 90% | 99% |
| Sled push | 96% | 98% |
| Sled pull | 99% | 99% |
| Burpee broad jump | 88% | 98% |
| Row | 98% | 99% |
| Farmers carry | 98% | 68% |
| Sandbag lunges | 98% | 95% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 99% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 99% | 97% |
| Runs (8 km) | 99% | 97% |
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 · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 29:34 running, 25:35 at the stations and 3:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:22).Below, Matthew · Riga 2025 · Open Men: 32:34 running, 24:28 at the stations and 3:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:08) and the shortest the sled push (1:37).
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| Part | Joshua · Manchester 2026 · Open Men | Matthew · Riga 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:42 | 3:20 |
| SkiErg | 4:05 | 3:51 |
| Run 2 | 3:47 | 3:54 |
| Sled push | 1:59 | 1:37 |
| Run 3 | 3:58 | 4:03 |
| Sled pull | 2:49 | 2:42 |
| Run 4 | 3:53 | 4:03 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:43 | 3:07 |
| Run 5 | 4:06 | 4:17 |
| Row | 4:11 | 4:08 |
| Run 6 | 3:59 | 4:09 |
| Farmers carry | 1:28 | 1:51 |
| Run 7 | 4:03 | 4:12 |
| Sandbag lunges | 2:58 | 3:29 |
| Run 8 | 3:06 | 4:36 |
| Wall balls | 4:22 | 3:43 |
| Roxzone | 3:07 | 3:08 |
| Finish | 58:10 | 1:00:03 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Joshua | Matthew | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Birm Pro Men · 30 Oct 2026 | 1:02:41 | 1:02:42 | 0:01 · Joshua faster |
| Warsaw 2025 Open Men · 12 Apr 2025 | 1:01:34 | 1:02:06 | 0:32 · Joshua faster |
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