Matt vs Rob

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Matt Smith

1:12:05 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
105th of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Rob Ames

1:12:50 best Open Men time · Washington DC 2026
311th of 2,855 place in that race · 2,855 Open Men finishers

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

Matt: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Rob: Washington DC 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matt and Rob sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matt: strongest on Runs (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 56%).Rob: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 52%).

See the numbers
Part Matt: faster than Rob: faster than
Ski 89% 69%
Push 84% 52%
Pull 75% 69%
BBJ 94% 60%
Row 57% 92%
Carry 56% 78%
Lunges 89% 64%
Wall balls 89% 82%
Roxzone 84% 98%
Runs 95% 94%

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

Part by part

Part Matt Rob
SkiErg 89% 69%
Sled push 84% 52%
Sled pull 75% 69%
Burpee broad jump 94% 60%
Row 57% 92%
Farmers carry 56% 78%
Sandbag lunges 89% 64%
Wall balls 89% 82%
Roxzone (moving) 84% 98%
Runs (8 km) 95% 94%

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

Matt · Chicago 2025 · Open Men1:12:05
3:054:094:172:034:354:294:444:024:494:514:392:044:453:575:155:115:17
Rob · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men1:12:50
3:194:334:043:074:174:284:195:334:154:304:221:494:215:143:585:455:05
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.Matt · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 36:08 running, 30:46 at the stations and 5:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:11) and the shortest the sled push (2:03).Below, Rob · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men: 32:56 running, 34:59 at the stations and 5:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:45).

See the numbers
Part Matt · Chicago 2025 · Open Men Rob · Washington DC 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 3:05 3:19
SkiErg 4:09 4:33
Run 2 4:17 4:04
Sled push 2:03 3:07
Run 3 4:35 4:17
Sled pull 4:29 4:28
Run 4 4:44 4:19
Burpee broad jump 4:02 5:33
Run 5 4:49 4:15
Row 4:51 4:30
Run 6 4:39 4:22
Farmers carry 2:04 1:49
Run 7 4:45 4:21
Sandbag lunges 3:57 5:14
Run 8 5:15 3:58
Wall balls 5:11 5:45
Roxzone 5:17 5:05
Finish 1:12:05 1:12:50

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matt Rob Gap
Washington DC 2026 Open Men · 3 Sep 2026 1:12:51 1:12:50 0:01 · Rob faster
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