Josh vs Matt

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Josh Backhouse

1:18:01 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
1217th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matt Aspin

1:18:00 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
1215th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Josh: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Matt: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Josh and Matt sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Josh: strongest on Ski (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 55%).Matt: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 34%).

See the numbers
Part Josh: faster than Matt: faster than
Ski 84% 77%
Push 83% 34%
Pull 55% 61%
BBJ 68% 78%
Row 81% 51%
Carry 56% 47%
Lunges 82% 48%
Wall balls 61% 63%
Roxzone 69% 82%
Runs 60% 70%

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

Part by part

Part Josh Matt
SkiErg 84% 77%
Sled push 83% 34%
Sled pull 55% 61%
Burpee broad jump 68% 78%
Row 81% 51%
Farmers carry 56% 47%
Sandbag lunges 82% 48%
Wall balls 61% 63%
Roxzone (moving) 69% 82%
Runs (8 km) 60% 70%

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

Josh · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:18:01
4:374:144:172:304:554:534:534:535:114:314:472:054:444:104:566:405:53
Matt · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:18:00
5:024:184:173:414:304:444:264:284:484:494:262:114:285:164:506:325:23
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.Josh · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 38:19 running, 33:56 at the stations and 5:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:40).Below, Matt · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 36:46 running, 35:59 at the stations and 5:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:32).

See the numbers
Part Josh · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Matt · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:37 5:02
SkiErg 4:14 4:18
Run 2 4:17 4:17
Sled push 2:30 3:41
Run 3 4:55 4:30
Sled pull 4:53 4:44
Run 4 4:53 4:26
Burpee broad jump 4:53 4:28
Run 5 5:11 4:48
Row 4:31 4:49
Run 6 4:47 4:26
Farmers carry 2:05 2:11
Run 7 4:44 4:28
Sandbag lunges 4:10 5:16
Run 8 4:56 4:50
Wall balls 6:40 6:32
Roxzone 5:53 5:23
Finish 1:18:01 1:18:00

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Josh Matt Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:18:01 1:18:00 0:01 · Matt faster
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