Joe vs Sam
IRL · Open Men · 5 results Joe Steele
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Sam Gorham
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joe: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Sam: Birmingham Birm, Open Men
This chart shows where Joe and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joe: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 16%).Sam: strongest on Row (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 39%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joe: faster than | Sam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 16% | 39% |
| Push | 36% | 44% |
| Pull | 49% | 82% |
| BBJ | 28% | 60% |
| Row | 62% | 85% |
| Carry | 50% | 61% |
| Lunges | 61% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 63% |
| Roxzone | 40% | 71% |
| Runs | 46% | 78% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joe | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 16% | 39% |
| Sled push | 36% | 44% |
| Sled pull | 49% | 82% |
| Burpee broad jump | 28% | 60% |
| Row | 62% | 85% |
| Farmers carry | 50% | 61% |
| Sandbag lunges | 61% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 89% | 63% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 40% | 71% |
| Runs (8 km) | 46% | 78% |
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.Joe · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 42:09 running, 35:17 at the stations and 6:02 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:32).Below, Sam · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 34:52 running, 34:12 at the stations and 5:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:21).
See the numbers
| Part | Joe · Manchester 2026 · Open Men | Sam · Birmingham Birm · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:58 | 4:41 |
| SkiErg | 4:44 | 4:39 |
| Run 2 | 5:31 | 4:01 |
| Sled push | 2:55 | 3:26 |
| Run 3 | 5:33 | 4:23 |
| Sled pull | 4:28 | 3:46 |
| Run 4 | 5:48 | 4:18 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:32 | 5:08 |
| Run 5 | 5:34 | 4:23 |
| Row | 4:38 | 4:28 |
| Run 6 | 5:34 | 4:17 |
| Farmers carry | 2:10 | 2:00 |
| Run 7 | 5:28 | 4:22 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:59 | 4:24 |
| Run 8 | 4:42 | 4:27 |
| Wall balls | 4:51 | 6:21 |
| Roxzone | 6:02 | 5:37 |
| Finish | 1:23:19 | 1:14:34 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Joe | Sam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:23:19 | 1:23:17 | 0:02 · Sam faster |
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:26:37 | 1:29:05 | 2:28 · Joe faster |
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