Josh vs Espen

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Josh Forster

1:08:16 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
254th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
NOR NOR · Open Men · 1 result

Espen Bariås

1:11:29 best Open Men time · Oslo 2026
149th of 1,104 place in that race · 1,104 Open Men finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Josh: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Espen: Oslo 2026, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
JoshEspenedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Josh and Espen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Josh: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 48%).Espen: strongest on Lunges (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 49%).

See the numbers
Part Josh: faster than Espen: faster than
Ski 82% 61%
Push 48% 73%
Pull 84% 70%
BBJ 80% 73%
Row 80% 79%
Carry 90% 49%
Lunges 73% 92%
Wall balls 86% 84%
Roxzone 93% 89%
Runs 93% 84%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Josh Espen
SkiErg 82% 61%
Sled push 48% 73%
Sled pull 84% 70%
Burpee broad jump 80% 73%
Row 80% 79%
Farmers carry 90% 49%
Sandbag lunges 73% 92%
Wall balls 86% 84%
Roxzone (moving) 93% 89%
Runs (8 km) 93% 84%

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

Josh · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:08:16
4:094:203:553:074:073:344:114:354:294:324:222:044:034:185:014:512:43
Espen · Oslo 2026 · Open Men1:11:29
4:534:274:152:434:234:044:254:394:314:374:232:084:243:345:195:163:36
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Josh · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 34:17 running, 31:21 at the stations and 2:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:51).Below, Espen · Oslo 2026 · Open Men: 36:33 running, 31:29 at the stations and 3:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:16).

See the numbers
Part Josh · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Espen · Oslo 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:09 4:53
SkiErg 4:20 4:27
Run 2 3:55 4:15
Sled push 3:07 2:43
Run 3 4:07 4:23
Sled pull 3:34 4:04
Run 4 4:11 4:25
Burpee broad jump 4:35 4:39
Run 5 4:29 4:31
Row 4:32 4:37
Run 6 4:22 4:23
Farmers carry 2:04 2:08
Run 7 4:03 4:24
Sandbag lunges 4:18 3:34
Run 8 5:01 5:19
Wall balls 4:51 5:16
Roxzone 2:43 3:36
Finish 1:08:16 1:11:29

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Josh Espen Gap
Oslo 2026 Open Men · 25 Sep 2026 1:11:33 1:11:29 0:04 · Espen faster
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