Matt vs Nathan
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Matt Palfrey
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Nathan Cole
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matt: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Nathan: Manchester 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Matt and Nathan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matt: strongest on Lunges (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 6%).Nathan: strongest on Ski (faster than 75% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 18%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matt: faster than | Nathan: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 39% | 75% |
| Push | 64% | 19% |
| Pull | 21% | 40% |
| BBJ | 27% | 31% |
| Row | 62% | 56% |
| Carry | 16% | 18% |
| Lunges | 94% | 27% |
| Wall balls | 52% | 51% |
| Roxzone | 6% | 25% |
| Runs | 41% | 33% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matt | Nathan |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 39% | 75% |
| Sled push | 64% | 19% |
| Sled pull | 21% | 40% |
| Burpee broad jump | 27% | 31% |
| Row | 62% | 56% |
| Farmers carry | 16% | 18% |
| Sandbag lunges | 94% | 27% |
| Wall balls | 52% | 51% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 6% | 25% |
| Runs (8 km) | 41% | 33% |
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.Matt · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 43:07 running, 37:02 at the stations and 11:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:57) and the shortest the sled push (2:33).Below, Nathan · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 45:01 running, 39:22 at the stations and 7:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:59).
See the numbers
| Part | Matt · Manchester 2026 · Open Men | Nathan · Manchester 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:41 | 3:26 |
| SkiErg | 4:28 | 4:13 |
| Run 2 | 5:31 | 5:11 |
| Sled push | 2:33 | 3:14 |
| Run 3 | 5:57 | 5:48 |
| Sled pull | 5:29 | 4:42 |
| Run 4 | 5:57 | 5:54 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:38 | 6:23 |
| Run 5 | 5:55 | 6:32 |
| Row | 4:38 | 4:41 |
| Run 6 | 5:40 | 6:07 |
| Farmers carry | 2:48 | 2:45 |
| Run 7 | 5:15 | 6:33 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:31 | 6:26 |
| Run 8 | 5:11 | 5:30 |
| Wall balls | 6:57 | 6:59 |
| Roxzone | 11:31 | 7:17 |
| Finish | 1:31:34 | 1:31:35 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matt | Nathan | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 | 1:31:34 | 1:31:35 | 0:01 · Matt faster |
Close the gap at your next race.
The RoxHype app is your training plan to race day: built from your splits, your kit and your race date, and adjusted every week.
- A week-by-week plan that counts down to your race
- Extra work on your slowest stations
- Adjusts every week to what you actually did
Free to download. Used by more than 40,000 HYROX athletes.
