Ian vs Matt

GBR GBR · Pro Men · 3 results

Ian Taylor

1:20:00 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
1468th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Matt Jones

1:22:56 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1047th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers

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

Ian: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Matt: Cardiff 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ian and Matt sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ian: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 23%).Matt: strongest on Ski (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 35%).

See the numbers
Part Ian: faster than Matt: faster than
Ski 88% 91%
Push 99% 76%
Pull 83% 35%
BBJ 68% 42%
Row 59% 68%
Carry 97% 76%
Lunges 57% 65%
Wall balls 23% 55%
Roxzone 26% 48%
Runs 72% 37%

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

Part by part

Part Ian Matt
SkiErg 88% 91%
Sled push 99% 76%
Sled pull 83% 35%
Burpee broad jump 68% 42%
Row 59% 68%
Farmers carry 97% 76%
Sandbag lunges 57% 65%
Wall balls 23% 55%
Roxzone (moving) 26% 48%
Runs (8 km) 72% 37%

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

Ian · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:20:00
4:594:124:161:564:234:074:264:534:384:444:261:304:344:594:449:267:54
Matt · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:22:56
5:124:134:502:385:305:095:146:195:264:385:121:505:204:225:476:244:52
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.Ian · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 36:25 running, 35:46 at the stations and 7:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:26).Below, Matt · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 42:30 running, 35:33 at the stations and 4:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:24).

See the numbers
Part Ian · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Matt · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:59 5:12
SkiErg 4:12 4:13
Run 2 4:16 4:50
Sled push 1:56 2:38
Run 3 4:23 5:30
Sled pull 4:07 5:09
Run 4 4:26 5:14
Burpee broad jump 4:53 6:19
Run 5 4:38 5:26
Row 4:44 4:38
Run 6 4:26 5:12
Farmers carry 1:30 1:50
Run 7 4:34 5:20
Sandbag lunges 4:59 4:22
Run 8 4:44 5:47
Wall balls 9:26 6:24
Roxzone 7:54 4:52
Finish 1:20:00 1:22:56

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ian Matt Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Pro Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:28:44 1:28:57 0:13 · Ian faster
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