Matthew vs Daniel

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
IMN IMN · Open Men · 2 results

Daniel James

1:34:02 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1970th 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 · Daniel: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Daniel 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%).Daniel: strongest on Push (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 21%).

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Part Matthew: faster than Daniel: faster than
Ski 39% 37%
Push 88% 72%
Pull 38% 26%
BBJ 19% 23%
Row 35% 31%
Carry 34% 61%
Lunges 19% 34%
Wall balls 34% 36%
Roxzone 38% 28%
Runs 24% 21%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Daniel
SkiErg 39% 37%
Sled push 88% 72%
Sled pull 38% 26%
Burpee broad jump 19% 23%
Row 35% 31%
Farmers carry 34% 61%
Sandbag lunges 19% 34%
Wall balls 34% 36%
Roxzone (moving) 38% 28%
Runs (8 km) 24% 21%

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
Daniel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:34:02
5:424:415:202:455:425:065:387:255:485:036:062:337:185:376:437:434:54
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, Daniel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 48:17 running, 40:53 at the stations and 4:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:43).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Daniel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:36 5:42
SkiErg 4:40 4:41
Run 2 5:26 5:20
Sled push 2:27 2:45
Run 3 6:01 5:42
Sled pull 4:44 5:06
Run 4 5:54 5:38
Burpee broad jump 7:48 7:25
Run 5 5:52 5:48
Row 5:00 5:03
Run 6 6:03 6:06
Farmers carry 3:01 2:33
Run 7 5:37 7:18
Sandbag lunges 6:30 5:37
Run 8 7:13 6:43
Wall balls 7:52 7:43
Roxzone 4:25 4:54
Finish 1:34:06 1:34:02

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Daniel Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:34:06 1:34:02 0:04 · Daniel faster
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