Matthew vs Michael

MLT MLT · Open Men · 1 result

Matthew Catania

1:35:35 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
4314th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 5 results

Michael Parkes

1:19:23 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
2207th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers

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

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

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Push (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 11%).Michael: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 26%).

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Part Matthew: faster than Michael: faster than
Ski 22% 26%
Push 42% 62%
Pull 11% 30%
BBJ 34% 54%
Row 20% 47%
Carry 27% 49%
Lunges 30% 55%
Wall balls 16% 73%
Roxzone 37% 66%
Runs 23% 60%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Michael
SkiErg 22% 26%
Sled push 42% 62%
Sled pull 11% 30%
Burpee broad jump 34% 54%
Row 20% 47%
Farmers carry 27% 49%
Sandbag lunges 30% 55%
Wall balls 16% 73%
Roxzone (moving) 37% 66%
Runs (8 km) 23% 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

Matthew · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:35:35
3:115:074:012:554:126:304:206:154:565:194:422:234:586:007:3310:4812:33
Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:19:23
3:295:043:492:393:535:243:545:213:564:583:452:043:524:595:346:0010:51
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 · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 37:53 running, 45:17 at the stations and 12:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:48).Below, Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 32:12 running, 36:29 at the stations and 10:51 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:00).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Michael · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:11 3:29
SkiErg 5:07 5:04
Run 2 4:01 3:49
Sled push 2:55 2:39
Run 3 4:12 3:53
Sled pull 6:30 5:24
Run 4 4:20 3:54
Burpee broad jump 6:15 5:21
Run 5 4:56 3:56
Row 5:19 4:58
Run 6 4:42 3:45
Farmers carry 2:23 2:04
Run 7 4:58 3:52
Sandbag lunges 6:00 4:59
Run 8 7:33 5:34
Wall balls 10:48 6:00
Roxzone 12:33 10:51
Finish 1:35:35 1:19:23

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Michael Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Open Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:35:35 1:19:23 16:12 · Michael faster
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