Stephen vs Matthew

USA USA · Open Men · 2 results

Stephen Skelton

1:27:23 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
794th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 6 results

Matthew Russell

1:26:47 best Open Men time · Houston 2026
766th of 2,230 place in that race · 2,230 Open Men finishers

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

Stephen: Houston 2026, Open Men · Matthew: Houston 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Stephen and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Stephen: strongest on Push (faster than 98% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 35%).Matthew: strongest on Carry (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 32%).

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Part Stephen: faster than Matthew: faster than
Ski 87% 38%
Push 98% 82%
Pull 91% 41%
BBJ 74% 32%
Row 75% 53%
Carry 76% 89%
Lunges 95% 64%
Wall balls 85% 50%
Roxzone 58% 65%
Runs 35% 72%

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

Part by part

Part Stephen Matthew
SkiErg 87% 38%
Sled push 98% 82%
Sled pull 91% 41%
Burpee broad jump 74% 32%
Row 75% 53%
Farmers carry 76% 89%
Sandbag lunges 95% 64%
Wall balls 85% 50%
Roxzone (moving) 58% 65%
Runs (8 km) 35% 72%

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

Stephen · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:27:23
5:414:205:012:086:424:166:184:486:164:445:481:586:133:436:095:367:50
Matthew · Houston 2026 · Open Men1:26:47
5:004:474:402:385:056:014:576:495:164:584:471:454:475:065:097:467:22
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.Stephen · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 48:08 running, 31:33 at the stations and 7:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:36).Below, Matthew · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 39:41 running, 39:50 at the stations and 7:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:46).

See the numbers
Part Stephen · Houston 2026 · Open Men Matthew · Houston 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:41 5:00
SkiErg 4:20 4:47
Run 2 5:01 4:40
Sled push 2:08 2:38
Run 3 6:42 5:05
Sled pull 4:16 6:01
Run 4 6:18 4:57
Burpee broad jump 4:48 6:49
Run 5 6:16 5:16
Row 4:44 4:58
Run 6 5:48 4:47
Farmers carry 1:58 1:45
Run 7 6:13 4:47
Sandbag lunges 3:43 5:06
Run 8 6:09 5:09
Wall balls 5:36 7:46
Roxzone 7:50 7:22
Finish 1:27:23 1:26:47

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Stephen Matthew Gap
Houston 2026 Open Men · 26 Mar 2026 1:27:23 1:26:47 0:36 · Matthew faster
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