Matthew vs Ryan

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 · 3 results

Ryan Parsons

1:25:26 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
2035th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Ryan: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Ryan 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%).Ryan: strongest on Pull (faster than 62% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 16%).

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Part Matthew: faster than Ryan: faster than
Ski 39% 42%
Push 88% 17%
Pull 38% 62%
BBJ 19% 37%
Row 35% 37%
Carry 34% 16%
Lunges 19% 53%
Wall balls 34% 50%
Roxzone 38% 45%
Runs 24% 48%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Ryan
SkiErg 39% 42%
Sled push 88% 17%
Sled pull 38% 62%
Burpee broad jump 19% 37%
Row 35% 37%
Farmers carry 34% 16%
Sandbag lunges 19% 53%
Wall balls 34% 50%
Roxzone (moving) 38% 45%
Runs (8 km) 24% 48%

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
Ryan · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:25:26
4:494:374:214:085:104:185:136:104:574:585:012:474:505:025:287:066:39
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, Ryan · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 39:50 running, 39:06 at the stations and 6:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:06).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Ryan · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:36 4:49
SkiErg 4:40 4:37
Run 2 5:26 4:21
Sled push 2:27 4:08
Run 3 6:01 5:10
Sled pull 4:44 4:18
Run 4 5:54 5:13
Burpee broad jump 7:48 6:10
Run 5 5:52 4:57
Row 5:00 4:58
Run 6 6:03 5:01
Farmers carry 3:01 2:47
Run 7 5:37 4:50
Sandbag lunges 6:30 5:02
Run 8 7:13 5:28
Wall balls 7:52 7:06
Roxzone 4:25 6:39
Finish 1:34:06 1:25:26

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Ryan Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:34:06 1:34:06 level
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