Joel vs James
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Joel Matthews
GBR · Open Men · 9 results James Markey
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joel: Manchester 2026, Open Men · James: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Joel and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joel: strongest on Ski (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 60%).James: strongest on Carry (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 52%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joel: faster than | James: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 95% | 52% |
| Push | 91% | 91% |
| Pull | 78% | 74% |
| BBJ | 60% | 75% |
| Row | 87% | 78% |
| Carry | 88% | 96% |
| Lunges | 83% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 75% | 91% |
| Roxzone | 79% | 86% |
| Runs | 76% | 74% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joel | James |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 95% | 52% |
| Sled push | 91% | 91% |
| Sled pull | 78% | 74% |
| Burpee broad jump | 60% | 75% |
| Row | 87% | 78% |
| Farmers carry | 88% | 96% |
| Sandbag lunges | 83% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 75% | 91% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 79% | 86% |
| Runs (8 km) | 76% | 74% |
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 · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 37:00 running, 30:52 at the stations and 4:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:37).Below, James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 38:04 running, 31:24 at the stations and 2:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (4:53).
See the numbers
| Part | Joel · Manchester 2026 · Open Men | James · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:55 | 4:58 |
| SkiErg | 4:01 | 4:34 |
| Run 2 | 4:20 | 4:23 |
| Sled push | 2:08 | 2:23 |
| Run 3 | 4:59 | 4:38 |
| Sled pull | 3:46 | 3:49 |
| Run 4 | 4:59 | 4:39 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:03 | 4:46 |
| Run 5 | 5:11 | 4:49 |
| Row | 4:22 | 4:33 |
| Run 6 | 5:03 | 4:49 |
| Farmers carry | 1:41 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 5:08 | 4:25 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:14 | 4:53 |
| Run 8 | 4:26 | 5:23 |
| Wall balls | 5:37 | 4:32 |
| Roxzone | 4:14 | 2:55 |
| Finish | 1:11:57 | 1:12:19 |
Head to head: 3 races they both ran
| Race | Joel | James | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:12:20 | 1:12:19 | 0:01 · James faster |
| Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:11:57 | 1:14:22 | 2:25 · Joel faster |
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:23:13 | 1:14:19 | 8:54 · James faster |
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