Simon vs Matthew

GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Simon Heard

1:34:17 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2790th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 8 results

Matthew Chaplin

1:26:51 best Open Men time · London Olympia 2026
1429th of 2,650 place in that race · 2,650 Open Men finishers

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

Simon: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Matthew: London Olympia 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Simon and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Simon: strongest on Push (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 14%).Matthew: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 67% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 17%).

See the numbers
Part Simon: faster than Matthew: faster than
Ski 26% 29%
Push 82% 17%
Pull 34% 64%
BBJ 22% 61%
Row 24% 50%
Carry 53% 50%
Lunges 19% 48%
Wall balls 19% 31%
Roxzone 14% 67%
Runs 41% 40%

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

Part by part

Part Simon Matthew
SkiErg 26% 29%
Sled push 82% 17%
Sled pull 34% 64%
Burpee broad jump 22% 61%
Row 24% 50%
Farmers carry 53% 50%
Sandbag lunges 19% 48%
Wall balls 19% 31%
Roxzone (moving) 14% 67%
Runs (8 km) 41% 40%

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

Simon · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:34:17
6:104:434:592:335:055:334:577:084:495:084:432:074:436:426:0110:048:59
Matthew · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men1:26:51
5:374:405:053:395:164:025:045:065:104:495:022:135:005:216:528:475:15
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.Simon · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 41:28 running, 43:58 at the stations and 8:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:04).Below, Matthew · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 43:07 running, 38:37 at the stations and 5:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:47).

See the numbers
Part Simon · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Matthew · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 6:10 5:37
SkiErg 4:43 4:40
Run 2 4:59 5:05
Sled push 2:33 3:39
Run 3 5:05 5:16
Sled pull 5:33 4:02
Run 4 4:57 5:04
Burpee broad jump 7:08 5:06
Run 5 4:49 5:10
Row 5:08 4:49
Run 6 4:43 5:02
Farmers carry 2:07 2:13
Run 7 4:43 5:00
Sandbag lunges 6:42 5:21
Run 8 6:01 6:52
Wall balls 10:04 8:47
Roxzone 8:59 5:15
Finish 1:34:17 1:26:51

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Simon Matthew Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:36:05 1:36:05 level
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