James vs Matthew
GBR · Open Men · 2 results James Thompson
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Matthew Norman
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
James: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Matthew: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where James and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.James: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 20%).Matthew: strongest on Runs (faster than 57% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | James: faster than | Matthew: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 93% | 56% |
| Push | 99% | 29% |
| Pull | 71% | 36% |
| BBJ | 74% | 15% |
| Row | 89% | 31% |
| Carry | 31% | 9% |
| Lunges | 63% | 39% |
| Wall balls | 20% | 13% |
| Roxzone | 85% | 34% |
| Runs | 95% | 57% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | James | Matthew |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 93% | 56% |
| Sled push | 99% | 29% |
| Sled pull | 71% | 36% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 15% |
| Row | 89% | 31% |
| Farmers carry | 31% | 9% |
| Sandbag lunges | 63% | 39% |
| Wall balls | 20% | 13% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 85% | 34% |
| Runs (8 km) | 95% | 57% |
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.James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 31:36 running, 36:27 at the stations and 5:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:51) and the shortest the sled push (1:44).Below, Matthew · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 32:34 running, 45:49 at the stations and 12:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:21).
See the numbers
| Part | James · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Matthew · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:15 | 3:07 |
| SkiErg | 4:08 | 4:47 |
| Run 2 | 3:40 | 3:41 |
| Sled push | 1:44 | 3:08 |
| Run 3 | 3:56 | 3:56 |
| Sled pull | 4:28 | 5:11 |
| Run 4 | 3:48 | 3:49 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:38 | 7:44 |
| Run 5 | 4:06 | 3:58 |
| Row | 4:25 | 5:09 |
| Run 6 | 3:56 | 3:57 |
| Farmers carry | 2:27 | 2:55 |
| Run 7 | 3:54 | 3:58 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:46 | 5:35 |
| Run 8 | 4:01 | 6:07 |
| Wall balls | 9:51 | 11:21 |
| Roxzone | 5:14 | 12:44 |
| Finish | 1:13:10 | 1:30:59 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | James | Matthew | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:31:00 | 1:30:59 | 0:01 · Matthew faster |
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