Joshua vs Michael
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Joshua Duncan
GBR · Open Men · 9 results Michael Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joshua: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Michael: Hong Kong 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Joshua and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joshua: strongest on BBJ (faster than 32% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 2%).Michael: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 67%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 23% | 94% |
| Push | 26% | 67% |
| Pull | 25% | 92% |
| BBJ | 32% | 97% |
| Row | 23% | 98% |
| Carry | 2% | 94% |
| Lunges | 25% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 24% | 94% |
| Roxzone | 18% | 99% |
| Runs | 24% | 98% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joshua | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 23% | 94% |
| Sled push | 26% | 67% |
| Sled pull | 25% | 92% |
| Burpee broad jump | 32% | 97% |
| Row | 23% | 98% |
| Farmers carry | 2% | 94% |
| Sandbag lunges | 25% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 24% | 94% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 18% | 99% |
| Runs (8 km) | 24% | 98% |
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 · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 44:50 running, 43:28 at the stations and 6:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:30) and the shortest the sled push (3:22).Below, Michael · Hong Kong 2024 · Open Men: 32:10 running, 28:58 at the stations and 3:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:43).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men | Michael · Hong Kong 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:08 | 3:51 |
| SkiErg | 4:47 | 4:05 |
| Run 2 | 4:56 | 3:53 |
| Sled push | 3:22 | 2:28 |
| Run 3 | 5:31 | 4:01 |
| Sled pull | 5:31 | 3:47 |
| Run 4 | 5:41 | 4:16 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:50 | 3:28 |
| Run 5 | 5:37 | 4:04 |
| Row | 5:06 | 4:13 |
| Run 6 | 5:50 | 3:54 |
| Farmers carry | 3:43 | 1:39 |
| Run 7 | 5:32 | 4:02 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:39 | 4:35 |
| Run 8 | 6:36 | 4:09 |
| Wall balls | 8:30 | 4:43 |
| Roxzone | 6:29 | 3:46 |
| Finish | 1:34:48 | 1:04:46 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Joshua | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2025 Open Men · 30 May 2025 | 1:34:48 | 1:34:54 | 0:06 · Joshua faster |
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