Brian vs Josh

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Brian Cowan

2:11:30 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
2061st of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Josh Benitez

2:11:12 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
2059th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Brian: Houston 2026, Open Men · Josh: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Brian and Josh sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Brian: strongest on Carry (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 1%).Josh: strongest on Push (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Brian: faster than Josh: faster than
Ski 73% 15%
Push 27% 47%
Pull 22% 22%
BBJ 9% 5%
Row 52% 5%
Carry 75% 38%
Lunges 1% 12%
Wall balls 7% 1%
Roxzone 14% 3%
Runs 11% 20%

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

Part by part

Part Brian Josh
SkiErg 73% 15%
Sled push 27% 47%
Sled pull 22% 22%
Burpee broad jump 9% 5%
Row 52% 5%
Farmers carry 75% 38%
Sandbag lunges 1% 12%
Wall balls 7% 1%
Roxzone (moving) 14% 3%
Runs (8 km) 11% 20%

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

Brian · Houston 2026 · Open Men2:11:30
6:334:286:123:527:177:007:159:197:234:597:361:597:0114:299:5514:1112:08
Josh · Houston 2026 · Open Men2:11:12
6:235:076:043:186:196:576:3710:377:466:046:342:256:287:587:1819:5415:31
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.Brian · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 59:12 running, 1:00:17 at the stations and 12:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (14:29).Below, Josh · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 53:30 running, 1:02:21 at the stations and 15:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (19:54).

See the numbers
Part Brian · Houston 2026 · Open Men Josh · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:33 6:23
SkiErg 4:28 5:07
Run 2 6:12 6:04
Sled push 3:52 3:18
Run 3 7:17 6:19
Sled pull 7:00 6:57
Run 4 7:15 6:37
Burpee broad jump 9:19 10:37
Run 5 7:23 7:46
Row 4:59 6:04
Run 6 7:36 6:34
Farmers carry 1:59 2:25
Run 7 7:01 6:28
Sandbag lunges 14:29 7:58
Run 8 9:55 7:18
Wall balls 14:11 19:54
Roxzone 12:08 15:31
Finish 2:11:30 2:11:12

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Brian Josh Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 2:11:30 2:11:12 0:18 · Josh faster
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