James vs Matthew
GBR · Open Men · 3 results James McDougal
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Matthew Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Stockholm 2025, Open Men · Matthew: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Pull (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 38%).Matthew: strongest on Push (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 28%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Matthew: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 49% | 65% |
| Push | 68% | 83% |
| Pull | 89% | 70% |
| BBJ | 49% | 74% |
| Row | 38% | 49% |
| Carry | 76% | 79% |
| Lunges | 38% | 49% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 69% |
| Roxzone | 74% | 63% |
| Runs | 55% | 28% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Matthew |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 49% | 65% |
| Sled push | 68% | 83% |
| Sled pull | 89% | 70% |
| Burpee broad jump | 49% | 74% |
| Row | 38% | 49% |
| Farmers carry | 76% | 79% |
| Sandbag lunges | 38% | 49% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 69% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 74% | 63% |
| Runs (8 km) | 55% | 28% |
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.James · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men: 39:16 running, 35:00 at the stations and 6:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:40).Below, Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:18 running, 33:43 at the stations and 3:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:46).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Stockholm 2025 · Open Men | Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:53 | 5:12 |
| SkiErg | 4:27 | 4:28 |
| Run 2 | 4:38 | 4:42 |
| Sled push | 2:27 | 2:34 |
| Run 3 | 4:45 | 5:06 |
| Sled pull | 3:37 | 3:54 |
| Run 4 | 4:45 | 5:20 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:37 | 4:49 |
| Run 5 | 4:57 | 5:27 |
| Row | 4:50 | 4:50 |
| Run 6 | 4:54 | 5:31 |
| Farmers carry | 1:41 | 2:17 |
| Run 7 | 4:56 | 8:27 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:41 | 5:04 |
| Run 8 | 5:28 | 6:33 |
| Wall balls | 6:40 | 5:46 |
| Roxzone | 6:31 | 3:31 |
| Finish | 1:20:40 | 1:23:30 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Matthew | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow 2026 Open Men · 11 Mar 2026 | 1:29:37 | 1:29:35 | 0:02 · Matthew faster |
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