Noel vs Joshua

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Noel Cheeseboro

2:03:37 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1976th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Joshua Obrien

2:03:32 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
1975th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Noel: Houston 2026, Open Men · Joshua: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Noel and Joshua sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Noel: strongest on BBJ (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 8%).Joshua: strongest on Carry (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 5%).

See the numbers
Part Noel: faster than Joshua: faster than
Ski 47% 13%
Push 29% 5%
Pull 8% 29%
BBJ 70% 7%
Row 14% 8%
Carry 11% 70%
Lunges 11% 10%
Wall balls 21% 7%
Roxzone 14% 15%
Runs 9% 19%

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

Part by part

Part Noel Joshua
SkiErg 47% 13%
Sled push 29% 5%
Sled pull 8% 29%
Burpee broad jump 70% 7%
Row 14% 8%
Farmers carry 11% 70%
Sandbag lunges 11% 10%
Wall balls 21% 7%
Roxzone (moving) 14% 15%
Runs (8 km) 9% 19%

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

Noel · Houston 2026 · Open Men2:03:37
5:404:425:163:485:508:306:105:046:455:376:353:077:268:1018:2610:3312:07
Joshua · Houston 2026 · Open Men2:03:32
6:065:096:005:517:446:326:399:507:135:526:362:026:198:157:3514:1111:48
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.Noel · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 1:02:08 running, 49:32 at the stations and 12:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:33).Below, Joshua · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 54:12 running, 57:41 at the stations and 11:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:11).

See the numbers
Part Noel · Houston 2026 · Open Men Joshua · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:40 6:06
SkiErg 4:42 5:09
Run 2 5:16 6:00
Sled push 3:48 5:51
Run 3 5:50 7:44
Sled pull 8:30 6:32
Run 4 6:10 6:39
Burpee broad jump 5:04 9:50
Run 5 6:45 7:13
Row 5:37 5:52
Run 6 6:35 6:36
Farmers carry 3:07 2:02
Run 7 7:26 6:19
Sandbag lunges 8:10 8:15
Run 8 18:26 7:35
Wall balls 10:33 14:11
Roxzone 12:07 11:48
Finish 2:03:37 2:03:32

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Noel Joshua Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 2:03:37 2:03:32 0:05 · Joshua faster
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