Matthew vs Nicholas
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Matthew Shaw
BEL · Open Men · 2 results Nicholas Illegems
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matthew: Mechelen 2025, Open Men · Nicholas: Mechelen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Matthew and Nicholas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Lunges (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 8%).Nicholas: strongest on Push (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 45%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew: faster than | Nicholas: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 37% | 79% |
| Push | 8% | 90% |
| Pull | 26% | 84% |
| BBJ | 74% | 65% |
| Row | 35% | 47% |
| Carry | 27% | 45% |
| Lunges | 76% | 71% |
| Wall balls | 55% | 80% |
| Roxzone | 67% | 72% |
| Runs | 64% | 74% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matthew | Nicholas |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 37% | 79% |
| Sled push | 8% | 90% |
| Sled pull | 26% | 84% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 65% |
| Row | 35% | 47% |
| Farmers carry | 27% | 45% |
| Sandbag lunges | 76% | 71% |
| Wall balls | 55% | 80% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 67% | 72% |
| Runs (8 km) | 64% | 74% |
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.Matthew · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men: 36:46 running, 36:59 at the stations and 8:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:03).Below, Nicholas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 34:47 running, 31:29 at the stations and 6:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:21) and the shortest the sled push (2:06).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew · Mechelen 2025 · Open Men | Nicholas · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:48 | 3:34 |
| SkiErg | 4:34 | 4:15 |
| Run 2 | 3:59 | 4:22 |
| Sled push | 3:34 | 2:06 |
| Run 3 | 4:38 | 4:31 |
| Sled pull | 6:03 | 3:36 |
| Run 4 | 4:22 | 4:31 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:48 | 4:57 |
| Run 5 | 4:30 | 4:27 |
| Row | 4:59 | 4:46 |
| Run 6 | 4:24 | 4:17 |
| Farmers carry | 2:34 | 2:08 |
| Run 7 | 4:22 | 4:17 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:27 | 4:20 |
| Run 8 | 4:43 | 4:48 |
| Wall balls | 6:00 | 5:21 |
| Roxzone | 8:53 | 6:55 |
| Finish | 1:22:38 | 1:13:03 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matthew | Nicholas | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechelen 2025 Open Men · 4 Apr 2025 | 1:22:38 | 1:22:37 | 0:01 · Nicholas faster |
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