Joshua vs Marcel
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Joshua Gernetzk
GER · Open Men · 20 results Marcel Straßer
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joshua: Cape Town 2024, Open Men · Marcel: Berlin 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Joshua and Marcel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joshua: strongest on Carry (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 16%).Marcel: strongest on Lunges (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 17%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua: faster than | Marcel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 68% | 50% |
| Push | 16% | 17% |
| Pull | 57% | 73% |
| BBJ | 71% | 71% |
| Row | 65% | 20% |
| Carry | 87% | 75% |
| Lunges | 60% | 80% |
| Wall balls | 72% | 29% |
| Roxzone | 46% | 42% |
| Runs | 81% | 59% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joshua | Marcel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 68% | 50% |
| Sled push | 16% | 17% |
| Sled pull | 57% | 73% |
| Burpee broad jump | 71% | 71% |
| Row | 65% | 20% |
| Farmers carry | 87% | 75% |
| Sandbag lunges | 60% | 80% |
| Wall balls | 72% | 29% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 46% | 42% |
| Runs (8 km) | 81% | 59% |
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.Joshua · Cape Town 2024 · Open Men: 39:10 running, 33:17 at the stations and 7:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:39).Below, Marcel · Berlin 2025 · Open Men: 34:58 running, 34:11 at the stations and 8:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:12).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua · Cape Town 2024 · Open Men | Marcel · Berlin 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:33 | 3:18 |
| SkiErg | 4:10 | 4:23 |
| Run 2 | 4:33 | 3:56 |
| Sled push | 2:45 | 3:23 |
| Run 3 | 4:45 | 4:04 |
| Sled pull | 4:25 | 3:47 |
| Run 4 | 5:08 | 4:12 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:54 | 4:33 |
| Run 5 | 5:18 | 4:17 |
| Row | 4:43 | 4:59 |
| Run 6 | 4:48 | 4:22 |
| Farmers carry | 1:44 | 1:45 |
| Run 7 | 4:48 | 4:26 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:57 | 4:10 |
| Run 8 | 5:17 | 6:23 |
| Wall balls | 5:39 | 7:12 |
| Roxzone | 7:15 | 8:45 |
| Finish | 1:19:33 | 1:17:49 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Joshua | Marcel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2024 Open Men · 21 Sep 2024 | 1:19:33 | 1:19:14 | 0:19 · Marcel faster |
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