Matthew vs Thomas

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matthew Jacobs

1:34:06 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1972nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Thomas Williams

1:34:05 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1971st of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Thomas: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Thomas sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Push (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 19%).Thomas: strongest on Push (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 4%).

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Part Matthew: faster than Thomas: faster than
Ski 39% 67%
Push 88% 93%
Pull 38% 89%
BBJ 19% 15%
Row 35% 29%
Carry 34% 13%
Lunges 19% 29%
Wall balls 34% 42%
Roxzone 38% 4%
Runs 24% 33%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Thomas
SkiErg 39% 67%
Sled push 88% 93%
Sled pull 38% 89%
Burpee broad jump 19% 15%
Row 35% 29%
Farmers carry 34% 13%
Sandbag lunges 19% 29%
Wall balls 34% 42%
Roxzone (moving) 38% 4%
Runs (8 km) 24% 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

Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:34:06
5:364:405:262:276:014:445:547:485:525:006:033:015:376:307:137:524:25
Thomas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:34:05
5:444:275:152:205:353:255:268:135:415:055:483:435:165:536:227:138:42
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.Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 47:43 running, 42:02 at the stations and 4:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:52) and the shortest the sled push (2:27).Below, Thomas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 45:07 running, 40:19 at the stations and 8:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:13) and the shortest the sled push (2:20).

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Part Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Thomas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:36 5:44
SkiErg 4:40 4:27
Run 2 5:26 5:15
Sled push 2:27 2:20
Run 3 6:01 5:35
Sled pull 4:44 3:25
Run 4 5:54 5:26
Burpee broad jump 7:48 8:13
Run 5 5:52 5:41
Row 5:00 5:05
Run 6 6:03 5:48
Farmers carry 3:01 3:43
Run 7 5:37 5:16
Sandbag lunges 6:30 5:53
Run 8 7:13 6:22
Wall balls 7:52 7:13
Roxzone 4:25 8:42
Finish 1:34:06 1:34:05

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Thomas Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:34:06 1:34:05 0:01 · Thomas faster
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