Matthew vs Paul
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Matthew Cottis
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Paul Ackers
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matthew: London 2025, Open Men · Paul: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Matthew and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Pull (faster than 50% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 1%).Paul: strongest on Carry (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 14% | 1% |
| Push | 8% | 18% |
| Pull | 50% | 28% |
| BBJ | 6% | 41% |
| Row | 16% | 5% |
| Carry | 17% | 76% |
| Lunges | 10% | 47% |
| Wall balls | 1% | 34% |
| Roxzone | 18% | 9% |
| Runs | 9% | 5% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matthew | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 14% | 1% |
| Sled push | 8% | 18% |
| Sled pull | 50% | 28% |
| Burpee broad jump | 6% | 41% |
| Row | 16% | 5% |
| Farmers carry | 17% | 76% |
| Sandbag lunges | 10% | 47% |
| Wall balls | 1% | 34% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 18% | 9% |
| Runs (8 km) | 9% | 5% |
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
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 · London 2025 · Open Men: 50:56 running, 56:31 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (19:03).Below, Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 45:10 running, 42:08 at the stations and 15:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:27).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew · London 2025 · Open Men | Paul · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:48 | 4:42 |
| SkiErg | 4:45 | 6:02 |
| Run 2 | 5:47 | 5:11 |
| Sled push | 3:52 | 3:24 |
| Run 3 | 5:59 | 5:19 |
| Sled pull | 4:20 | 5:28 |
| Run 4 | 6:01 | 5:28 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:58 | 5:55 |
| Run 5 | 6:26 | 5:38 |
| Row | 5:07 | 5:49 |
| Run 6 | 6:12 | 5:23 |
| Farmers carry | 2:47 | 1:46 |
| Run 7 | 6:07 | 5:29 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:39 | 5:17 |
| Run 8 | 8:36 | 8:00 |
| Wall balls | 19:03 | 8:27 |
| Roxzone | 7:00 | 15:50 |
| Finish | 1:54:21 | 1:42:59 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matthew | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London 2025 Open Men · 3 May 2025 | 1:54:21 | 1:54:29 | 0:08 · Matthew faster |
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