Joshua vs Paul
Joshua Bates
Paul Monks
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joshua: Perth 2026, Pro Men · Paul: Melbourne 2025, Pro Men
This chart shows where Joshua and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joshua: strongest on Lunges (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 15%).Paul: strongest on Runs (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 40%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 15% | 40% |
| Push | 46% | 72% |
| Pull | 51% | 41% |
| BBJ | 59% | 40% |
| Row | 22% | 40% |
| Carry | 31% | 59% |
| Lunges | 73% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 34% | 55% |
| Roxzone | 34% | 70% |
| Runs | 46% | 72% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joshua | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 15% | 40% |
| Sled push | 46% | 72% |
| Sled pull | 51% | 41% |
| Burpee broad jump | 59% | 40% |
| Row | 22% | 40% |
| Farmers carry | 31% | 59% |
| Sandbag lunges | 73% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 34% | 55% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 34% | 70% |
| Runs (8 km) | 46% | 72% |
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 · Perth 2026 · Pro Men: 36:49 running, 35:41 at the stations and 4:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:06).Below, Paul · Melbourne 2025 · Pro Men: 31:27 running, 35:44 at the stations and 7:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:11).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua · Perth 2026 · Pro Men | Paul · Melbourne 2025 · Pro Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:18 | 2:14 |
| SkiErg | 4:26 | 4:17 |
| Run 2 | 4:23 | 3:53 |
| Sled push | 3:24 | 2:59 |
| Run 3 | 4:57 | 4:05 |
| Sled pull | 5:02 | 6:07 |
| Run 4 | 4:57 | 4:12 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:59 | 4:35 |
| Run 5 | 5:04 | 4:07 |
| Row | 4:43 | 4:35 |
| Run 6 | 4:50 | 4:04 |
| Farmers carry | 2:54 | 1:56 |
| Run 7 | 4:39 | 4:04 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:08 | 5:05 |
| Run 8 | 4:41 | 4:48 |
| Wall balls | 7:06 | 6:11 |
| Roxzone | 4:41 | 7:14 |
| Finish | 1:17:08 | 1:14:19 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Joshua | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth 2026 Pro Men · 21 Aug 2026 | 1:17:08 | 1:16:42 | 0:26 · Paul faster |
| Melbourne 2025 Pro Men · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:19:29 | 1:14:19 | 5:10 · Paul faster |
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