Matthew vs Joe
USA · Open Men · 4 results Matthew Cowen
USA · Open Men · 3 results Joe Balagot
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matthew: Chicago Navy Pier 2024, Open Men · Joe: Chicago 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Matthew and Joe sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Row (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 51%).Joe: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 22%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew: faster than | Joe: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 65% | 49% |
| Push | 83% | 54% |
| Pull | 75% | 78% |
| BBJ | 66% | 69% |
| Row | 96% | 54% |
| Carry | 67% | 38% |
| Lunges | 67% | 22% |
| Wall balls | 56% | 39% |
| Roxzone | 71% | 85% |
| Runs | 51% | 62% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matthew | Joe |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 65% | 49% |
| Sled push | 83% | 54% |
| Sled pull | 75% | 78% |
| Burpee broad jump | 66% | 69% |
| Row | 96% | 54% |
| Farmers carry | 67% | 38% |
| Sandbag lunges | 67% | 22% |
| Wall balls | 56% | 39% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 71% | 85% |
| Runs (8 km) | 51% | 62% |
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 · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Men: 43:09 running, 32:55 at the stations and 6:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:57).Below, Joe · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 43:17 running, 39:00 at the stations and 5:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:22).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Men | Joe · Chicago 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:02 | 3:41 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:30 |
| Run 2 | 5:16 | 5:00 |
| Sled push | 2:21 | 2:32 |
| Run 3 | 5:36 | 5:20 |
| Sled pull | 4:14 | 4:24 |
| Run 4 | 5:33 | 5:39 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:01 | 5:22 |
| Run 5 | 5:41 | 5:43 |
| Row | 4:18 | 4:53 |
| Run 6 | 5:36 | 5:46 |
| Farmers carry | 1:55 | 2:17 |
| Run 7 | 5:40 | 5:40 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:48 | 6:40 |
| Run 8 | 5:45 | 6:28 |
| Wall balls | 5:57 | 8:22 |
| Roxzone | 6:21 | 5:11 |
| Finish | 1:22:19 | 1:27:20 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Matthew | Joe | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago 2025 Open Men · 14 Nov 2025 | 1:27:20 | 1:27:20 | level |
| Washington DC 2025 Open Men · 29 Mar 2025 | 1:24:06 | 1:29:37 | 5:31 · Matthew faster |
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