Robert vs Joshua
USA · Open Men · 1 result Robert Smith Jr
USA · Open Men · 2 results Joshua McClure
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Robert: Washington DC 2026, Open Men · Joshua: Chicago 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Robert and Joshua sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Robert: strongest on Pull (faster than 46% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 4%).Joshua: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 32% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 7%).
See the numbers
| Part | Robert: faster than | Joshua: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 35% | 21% |
| Push | 15% | 16% |
| Pull | 46% | 25% |
| BBJ | 4% | 7% |
| Row | 20% | 24% |
| Carry | 32% | 13% |
| Lunges | 23% | 22% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 11% |
| Roxzone | 21% | 32% |
| Runs | 16% | 22% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Robert | Joshua |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 35% | 21% |
| Sled push | 15% | 16% |
| Sled pull | 46% | 25% |
| Burpee broad jump | 4% | 7% |
| Row | 20% | 24% |
| Farmers carry | 32% | 13% |
| Sandbag lunges | 23% | 22% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 11% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 21% | 32% |
| Runs (8 km) | 16% | 22% |
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.Robert · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 53:49 running, 53:05 at the stations and 11:16 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:17).Below, Joshua · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 52:34 running, 51:15 at the stations and 7:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (12:10).
See the numbers
| Part | Robert · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men | Joshua · Chicago 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:52 | 4:23 |
| SkiErg | 4:54 | 4:48 |
| Run 2 | 6:25 | 6:02 |
| Sled push | 4:06 | 3:19 |
| Run 3 | 6:46 | 6:15 |
| Sled pull | 5:11 | 6:08 |
| Run 4 | 6:52 | 6:36 |
| Burpee broad jump | 11:30 | 10:01 |
| Run 5 | 7:13 | 6:55 |
| Row | 5:34 | 5:14 |
| Run 6 | 7:24 | 6:40 |
| Farmers carry | 2:21 | 2:56 |
| Run 7 | 7:36 | 7:12 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:12 | 6:39 |
| Run 8 | 6:40 | 8:31 |
| Wall balls | 12:17 | 12:10 |
| Roxzone | 11:16 | 7:57 |
| Finish | 1:58:00 | 1:51:37 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Robert | Joshua | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 | 1:58:00 | 1:58:01 | 0:01 · Robert faster |
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