Josh vs Thomas

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Josh Downie

1:27:09 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1601st of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Thomas Sheils

1:26:38 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
1452nd of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers

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

Josh: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Thomas: Birmingham 2024, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Josh and Thomas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Josh: strongest on Lunges (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 15%).Thomas: strongest on BBJ (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 24%).

See the numbers
Part Josh: faster than Thomas: faster than
Ski 69% 41%
Push 66% 42%
Pull 15% 32%
BBJ 70% 90%
Row 26% 24%
Carry 39% 52%
Lunges 88% 86%
Wall balls 27% 56%
Roxzone 42% 28%
Runs 35% 33%

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

Part by part

Part Josh Thomas
SkiErg 69% 41%
Sled push 66% 42%
Sled pull 15% 32%
Burpee broad jump 70% 90%
Row 26% 24%
Farmers carry 39% 52%
Sandbag lunges 88% 86%
Wall balls 27% 56%
Roxzone (moving) 42% 28%
Runs (8 km) 35% 33%

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 · Open Men1:27:09
4:394:264:432:516:275:385:474:596:175:085:232:554:513:476:388:304:14
Thomas · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:26:38
9:574:284:392:584:525:264:483:594:545:054:382:064:383:555:086:258:53
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 · Open Men: 44:44 running, 38:13 at the stations and 4:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:30) and the shortest the sled push (2:51).Below, Thomas · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 43:34 running, 34:22 at the stations and 8:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:25).

See the numbers
Part Josh · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Thomas · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men
Run 1 4:39 9:57
SkiErg 4:26 4:28
Run 2 4:43 4:39
Sled push 2:51 2:58
Run 3 6:27 4:52
Sled pull 5:38 5:26
Run 4 5:47 4:48
Burpee broad jump 4:59 3:59
Run 5 6:17 4:54
Row 5:08 5:05
Run 6 5:23 4:38
Farmers carry 2:55 2:06
Run 7 4:51 4:38
Sandbag lunges 3:47 3:55
Run 8 6:38 5:08
Wall balls 8:30 6:25
Roxzone 4:14 8:53
Finish 1:27:09 1:26:38

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Josh Thomas Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:27:09 1:27:10 0:01 · Josh faster
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