Gary vs Matthew

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Gary Forrester

1:17:58 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
1983rd of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

Matthew Symons

1:16:21 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
1698th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

Gary: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Matthew: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Gary and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Gary: strongest on Ski (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 51%).Matthew: strongest on Row (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 46%).

See the numbers
Part Gary: faster than Matthew: faster than
Ski 91% 70%
Push 51% 46%
Pull 56% 66%
BBJ 70% 71%
Row 86% 86%
Carry 76% 62%
Lunges 71% 80%
Wall balls 56% 50%
Roxzone 61% 74%
Runs 57% 65%

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

Part by part

Part Gary Matthew
SkiErg 91% 70%
Sled push 51% 46%
Sled pull 56% 66%
Burpee broad jump 70% 71%
Row 86% 86%
Farmers carry 76% 62%
Sandbag lunges 71% 80%
Wall balls 56% 50%
Roxzone (moving) 61% 74%
Runs (8 km) 57% 65%

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

Gary · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:17:58
3:134:263:422:483:504:393:544:444:004:343:591:464:034:295:526:5711:08
Matthew · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:16:21
3:124:403:332:523:504:233:524:413:464:343:381:563:414:135:557:1810:24
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.Gary · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 32:33 running, 34:23 at the stations and 11:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:57).Below, Matthew · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 31:27 running, 34:37 at the stations and 10:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:18).

See the numbers
Part Gary · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Matthew · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:13 3:12
SkiErg 4:26 4:40
Run 2 3:42 3:33
Sled push 2:48 2:52
Run 3 3:50 3:50
Sled pull 4:39 4:23
Run 4 3:54 3:52
Burpee broad jump 4:44 4:41
Run 5 4:00 3:46
Row 4:34 4:34
Run 6 3:59 3:38
Farmers carry 1:46 1:56
Run 7 4:03 3:41
Sandbag lunges 4:29 4:13
Run 8 5:52 5:55
Wall balls 6:57 7:18
Roxzone 11:08 10:24
Finish 1:17:58 1:16:21

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Gary Matthew Gap
Manchester 2026 Pro Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:37:46 1:38:07 0:21 · Gary faster
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:17:58 1:16:21 1:37 · Matthew faster
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