Matthew vs Sam

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matthew Newbould

1:50:20 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2487th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Sam Westwood

1:50:14 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2485th 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 · Sam: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Sam 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 60% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 6%).Sam: strongest on Runs (faster than 19% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 3%).

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Part Matthew: faster than Sam: faster than
Ski 33% 18%
Push 60% 6%
Pull 48% 3%
BBJ 16% 8%
Row 21% 3%
Carry 15% 8%
Lunges 9% 7%
Wall balls 24% 10%
Roxzone 6% 16%
Runs 6% 19%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Sam
SkiErg 33% 18%
Sled push 60% 6%
Sled pull 48% 3%
Burpee broad jump 16% 8%
Row 21% 3%
Farmers carry 15% 8%
Sandbag lunges 9% 7%
Wall balls 24% 10%
Roxzone (moving) 6% 16%
Runs (8 km) 6% 19%

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 Men1:50:20
6:174:435:532:566:204:256:298:046:425:149:163:376:537:449:148:487:49
Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:50:14
5:234:555:344:336:167:216:059:186:165:586:204:065:548:047:2610:595:48
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: 57:03 running, 45:31 at the stations and 7:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:48) and the shortest the sled push (2:56).Below, Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 49:14 running, 55:14 at the stations and 5:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:59).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Sam · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:17 5:23
SkiErg 4:43 4:55
Run 2 5:53 5:34
Sled push 2:56 4:33
Run 3 6:20 6:16
Sled pull 4:25 7:21
Run 4 6:29 6:05
Burpee broad jump 8:04 9:18
Run 5 6:42 6:16
Row 5:14 5:58
Run 6 9:16 6:20
Farmers carry 3:37 4:06
Run 7 6:53 5:54
Sandbag lunges 7:44 8:04
Run 8 9:14 7:26
Wall balls 8:48 10:59
Roxzone 7:49 5:48
Finish 1:50:20 1:50:14

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Sam Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:50:20 1:50:14 0:06 · Sam faster
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