Josh vs James

GBR GBR · Pro Men · 2 results

Josh Houghton

1:28:41 best Pro Men time · Cardiff 2026
414th of 533 place in that race · 533 Pro Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 10 results

James Hoskyns-Jones

1:14:08 best Pro Men time · Cardiff 2025
141st of 337 place in that race · 337 Pro Men finishers

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

Josh: Cardiff 2026, Pro Men · James: Cardiff 2025, Pro Men

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

This chart shows where Josh and James sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Josh: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 47% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 1%).James: strongest on Ski (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 45%).

See the numbers
Part Josh: faster than James: faster than
Ski 32% 93%
Push 22% 54%
Pull 15% 72%
BBJ 47% 45%
Row 39% 54%
Carry 1% 64%
Lunges 33% 49%
Wall balls 47% 85%
Roxzone 5% 55%
Runs 31% 45%

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

Part by part

Part Josh James
SkiErg 32% 93%
Sled push 22% 54%
Sled pull 15% 72%
Burpee broad jump 47% 45%
Row 39% 54%
Farmers carry 1% 64%
Sandbag lunges 33% 49%
Wall balls 47% 85%
Roxzone (moving) 5% 55%
Runs (8 km) 31% 45%

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

Josh · Cardiff 2026 · Pro Men1:28:41
4:484:274:434:445:006:494:514:374:554:375:235:074:575:145:426:496:01
James · Cardiff 2025 · Pro Men1:14:08
4:254:024:123:084:264:444:375:014:314:314:381:574:424:435:254:594:07
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.Josh · Cardiff 2026 · Pro Men: 40:19 running, 42:25 at the stations and 6:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:49) and the shortest the SkiErg (4:27).Below, James · Cardiff 2025 · Pro Men: 36:56 running, 33:05 at the stations and 4:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:01).

See the numbers
Part Josh · Cardiff 2026 · Pro Men James · Cardiff 2025 · Pro Men
Run 1 4:48 4:25
SkiErg 4:27 4:02
Run 2 4:43 4:12
Sled push 4:44 3:08
Run 3 5:00 4:26
Sled pull 6:49 4:44
Run 4 4:51 4:37
Burpee broad jump 4:37 5:01
Run 5 4:55 4:31
Row 4:37 4:31
Run 6 5:23 4:38
Farmers carry 5:07 1:57
Run 7 4:57 4:42
Sandbag lunges 5:14 4:43
Run 8 5:42 5:25
Wall balls 6:49 4:59
Roxzone 6:01 4:07
Finish 1:28:41 1:14:08

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Josh James Gap
Cardiff 2026 Pro Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:28:41 1:28:39 0:02 · James faster
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