Joshua vs Ron
RSA · Open Men · 1 result Joshua Saunders
GBR · Open Men · 16 results Ron Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Joshua: London 2024, Open Men · Ron: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Joshua and Ron sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joshua: strongest on Row (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 54%).Ron: strongest on Lunges (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 56%).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua: faster than | Ron: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 91% | 66% |
| Push | 88% | 64% |
| Pull | 84% | 92% |
| BBJ | 73% | 90% |
| Row | 99% | 56% |
| Carry | 71% | 68% |
| Lunges | 74% | 96% |
| Wall balls | 54% | 79% |
| Roxzone | 61% | 91% |
| Runs | 67% | 86% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Joshua | Ron |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 91% | 66% |
| Sled push | 88% | 64% |
| Sled pull | 84% | 92% |
| Burpee broad jump | 73% | 90% |
| Row | 99% | 56% |
| Farmers carry | 71% | 68% |
| Sandbag lunges | 74% | 96% |
| Wall balls | 54% | 79% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 61% | 91% |
| Runs (8 km) | 67% | 86% |
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 · London 2024 · Open Men: 37:16 running, 32:23 at the stations and 7:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:31).Below, Ron · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 28:33 running, 30:31 at the stations and 9:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:38).
See the numbers
| Part | Joshua · London 2024 · Open Men | Ron · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:07 | 2:55 |
| SkiErg | 4:05 | 4:42 |
| Run 2 | 4:01 | 3:23 |
| Sled push | 2:27 | 2:38 |
| Run 3 | 4:27 | 3:29 |
| Sled pull | 4:03 | 3:40 |
| Run 4 | 4:21 | 3:25 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:55 | 3:44 |
| Run 5 | 4:43 | 3:30 |
| Row | 4:09 | 4:53 |
| Run 6 | 4:31 | 3:24 |
| Farmers carry | 1:53 | 1:52 |
| Run 7 | 4:34 | 3:27 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:20 | 3:24 |
| Run 8 | 5:31 | 5:00 |
| Wall balls | 6:31 | 5:38 |
| Roxzone | 7:07 | 9:17 |
| Finish | 1:16:39 | 1:08:14 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Joshua | Ron | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London 2024 Open Men · 1 Dec 2024 | 1:16:39 | 1:16:40 | 0:01 · Joshua faster |
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