Matt vs Josh

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matt Aspin

1:18:00 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
1215th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Josh Backhouse

1:18:01 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
1217th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Matt: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Josh: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matt and Josh sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matt: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 34%).Josh: strongest on Ski (faster than 84% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 55%).

See the numbers
Part Matt: faster than Josh: faster than
Ski 77% 84%
Push 34% 83%
Pull 61% 55%
BBJ 78% 68%
Row 51% 81%
Carry 47% 56%
Lunges 48% 82%
Wall balls 63% 61%
Roxzone 82% 69%
Runs 70% 60%

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

Part by part

Part Matt Josh
SkiErg 77% 84%
Sled push 34% 83%
Sled pull 61% 55%
Burpee broad jump 78% 68%
Row 51% 81%
Farmers carry 47% 56%
Sandbag lunges 48% 82%
Wall balls 63% 61%
Roxzone (moving) 82% 69%
Runs (8 km) 70% 60%

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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:18:00
5:024:184:173:414:304:444:264:284:484:494:262:114:285:164:506:325:23
Josh · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:18:01
4:374:144:172:304:554:534:534:535:114:314:472:054:444:104:566:405:53
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 36:46 running, 35:59 at the stations and 5:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:32).Below, Josh · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 38:19 running, 33:56 at the stations and 5:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:40).

See the numbers
Part Matt · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Josh · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:02 4:37
SkiErg 4:18 4:14
Run 2 4:17 4:17
Sled push 3:41 2:30
Run 3 4:30 4:55
Sled pull 4:44 4:53
Run 4 4:26 4:53
Burpee broad jump 4:28 4:53
Run 5 4:48 5:11
Row 4:49 4:31
Run 6 4:26 4:47
Farmers carry 2:11 2:05
Run 7 4:28 4:44
Sandbag lunges 5:16 4:10
Run 8 4:50 4:56
Wall balls 6:32 6:40
Roxzone 5:23 5:53
Finish 1:18:00 1:18:01

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matt Josh Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:18:00 1:18:01 0:01 · Matt faster
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