Matt vs Chris
AUS · Open Men · 1 result Matt Gould
AUS · Open Men · 5 results Chris Nicholson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matt: Sydney 2026, Open Men · Chris: Sydney 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Matt and Chris sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matt: strongest on Pull (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 26%).Chris: strongest on Push (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 31%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matt: faster than | Chris: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 28% | 31% |
| Push | 28% | 89% |
| Pull | 81% | 74% |
| BBJ | 34% | 57% |
| Row | 47% | 72% |
| Carry | 67% | 36% |
| Lunges | 40% | 51% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 71% |
| Roxzone | 41% | 53% |
| Runs | 35% | 37% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matt | Chris |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 28% | 31% |
| Sled push | 28% | 89% |
| Sled pull | 81% | 74% |
| Burpee broad jump | 34% | 57% |
| Row | 47% | 72% |
| Farmers carry | 67% | 36% |
| Sandbag lunges | 40% | 51% |
| Wall balls | 26% | 71% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 41% | 53% |
| Runs (8 km) | 35% | 37% |
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 · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 42:19 running, 39:19 at the stations and 9:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:51).Below, Chris · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 40:16 running, 32:56 at the stations and 8:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:25) and the shortest the sled push (1:51).
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| Part | Matt · Sydney 2026 · Open Men | Chris · Sydney 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:37 | 4:04 |
| SkiErg | 4:38 | 4:29 |
| Run 2 | 5:00 | 4:23 |
| Sled push | 2:58 | 1:51 |
| Run 3 | 4:53 | 4:45 |
| Sled pull | 3:42 | 4:00 |
| Run 4 | 5:02 | 4:45 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:30 | 5:08 |
| Run 5 | 5:04 | 5:16 |
| Row | 4:47 | 4:29 |
| Run 6 | 5:11 | 5:01 |
| Farmers carry | 1:53 | 2:20 |
| Run 7 | 5:13 | 5:08 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:00 | 5:15 |
| Run 8 | 7:19 | 6:54 |
| Wall balls | 8:51 | 5:25 |
| Roxzone | 9:06 | 8:18 |
| Finish | 1:30:38 | 1:21:25 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matt | Chris | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 | 1:30:38 | 1:30:38 | level |
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