Matthew vs Darren

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Matthew Nash

1:57:58 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
2583rd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Darren Hicks

1:54:46 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
3591st of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Darren: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Darren sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Carry (faster than 54% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 1%).Darren: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 30% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 1%).

See the numbers
Part Matthew: faster than Darren: faster than
Ski 30% 1%
Push 9% 9%
Pull 3% 15%
BBJ 12% 10%
Row 39% 13%
Carry 54% 25%
Lunges 6% 11%
Wall balls 3% 30%
Roxzone 1% 4%
Runs 16% 4%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Darren
SkiErg 30% 1%
Sled push 9% 9%
Sled pull 3% 15%
Burpee broad jump 12% 10%
Row 39% 13%
Farmers carry 54% 25%
Sandbag lunges 6% 11%
Wall balls 3% 30%
Roxzone (moving) 1% 4%
Runs (8 km) 16% 4%

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

Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:57:58
6:204:455:344:186:287:186:118:336:214:576:192:405:488:267:1814:1212:32
Darren · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:54:46
6:495:376:244:357:025:587:238:187:195:246:452:336:467:307:258:2710:40
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.Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 50:19 running, 55:09 at the stations and 12:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:12).Below, Darren · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 55:53 running, 48:22 at the stations and 10:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:27).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Darren · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 6:20 6:49
SkiErg 4:45 5:37
Run 2 5:34 6:24
Sled push 4:18 4:35
Run 3 6:28 7:02
Sled pull 7:18 5:58
Run 4 6:11 7:23
Burpee broad jump 8:33 8:18
Run 5 6:21 7:19
Row 4:57 5:24
Run 6 6:19 6:45
Farmers carry 2:40 2:33
Run 7 5:48 6:46
Sandbag lunges 8:26 7:30
Run 8 7:18 7:25
Wall balls 14:12 8:27
Roxzone 12:32 10:40
Finish 1:57:58 1:54:46

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Darren Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:57:58 1:57:57 0:01 · Darren faster
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