Matt vs Ben
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Matt Gibbons
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Ben McDonald
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matt: Manchester 2025, Open Men · Ben: Mechelen 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Matt and Ben sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matt: strongest on Carry (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 40%).Ben: strongest on BBJ (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 62%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matt: faster than | Ben: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 48% | 70% |
| Push | 41% | 81% |
| Pull | 40% | 68% |
| BBJ | 90% | 96% |
| Row | 73% | 83% |
| Carry | 94% | 66% |
| Lunges | 63% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 93% |
| Roxzone | 65% | 94% |
| Runs | 52% | 94% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matt | Ben |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 48% | 70% |
| Sled push | 41% | 81% |
| Sled pull | 40% | 68% |
| Burpee broad jump | 90% | 96% |
| Row | 73% | 83% |
| Farmers carry | 94% | 66% |
| Sandbag lunges | 63% | 62% |
| Wall balls | 53% | 93% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 65% | 94% |
| Runs (8 km) | 52% | 94% |
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 2025 · Open Men: 39:52 running, 32:24 at the stations and 5:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:19).Below, Ben · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men: 30:58 running, 29:34 at the stations and 5:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (4:38).
See the numbers
| Part | Matt · Manchester 2025 · Open Men | Ben · Mechelen 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:31 | 2:55 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:19 |
| Run 2 | 4:55 | 3:39 |
| Sled push | 2:46 | 2:15 |
| Run 3 | 5:12 | 3:54 |
| Sled pull | 4:46 | 3:58 |
| Run 4 | 5:09 | 3:59 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:34 | 3:27 |
| Run 5 | 5:19 | 4:06 |
| Row | 4:28 | 4:27 |
| Run 6 | 5:17 | 4:02 |
| Farmers carry | 1:32 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 5:15 | 4:00 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:39 | 4:38 |
| Run 8 | 5:14 | 4:23 |
| Wall balls | 6:19 | 4:36 |
| Roxzone | 5:49 | 5:49 |
| Finish | 1:18:05 | 1:06:12 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matt | Ben | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester 2025 Open Men · 24 Jan 2025 | 1:18:05 | 1:18:03 | 0:02 · Ben faster |
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