Matt vs Ben

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matt Byrne

1:21:19 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
1051st of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 10 results

Ben Ellis

1:00:41 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
28th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Matt: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Ben: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matt and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matt: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 39%).Ben: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 53%).

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Part Matt: faster than Ben: faster than
Ski 61% 85%
Push 39% 53%
Pull 42% 94%
BBJ 71% 94%
Row 64% 95%
Carry 52% 97%
Lunges 83% 98%
Wall balls 88% 99%
Roxzone 49% 99%
Runs 50% 99%

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

Part by part

Part Matt Ben
SkiErg 61% 85%
Sled push 39% 53%
Sled pull 42% 94%
Burpee broad jump 71% 94%
Row 64% 95%
Farmers carry 52% 97%
Sandbag lunges 83% 98%
Wall balls 88% 99%
Roxzone (moving) 49% 99%
Runs (8 km) 50% 99%

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

Matt · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:21:19
5:034:194:283:014:435:075:044:585:224:385:142:065:094:035:444:567:34
Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:00:41
4:244:183:383:023:433:123:493:483:434:203:541:533:403:084:223:332:17
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.Matt · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 40:47 running, 33:08 at the stations and 7:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:07).Below, Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 31:14 running, 27:13 at the stations and 2:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:20).

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Part Matt · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Ben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:03 4:24
SkiErg 4:19 4:18
Run 2 4:28 3:38
Sled push 3:01 3:02
Run 3 4:43 3:43
Sled pull 5:07 3:12
Run 4 5:04 3:49
Burpee broad jump 4:58 3:48
Run 5 5:22 3:43
Row 4:38 4:20
Run 6 5:14 3:54
Farmers carry 2:06 1:53
Run 7 5:09 3:40
Sandbag lunges 4:03 3:08
Run 8 5:44 4:22
Wall balls 4:56 3:33
Roxzone 7:34 2:17
Finish 1:21:19 1:00:41

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matt Ben Gap
Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 1:21:19 1:21:20 0:01 · Matt faster
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