Reuben vs Matthew

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Reuben Simpson

1:32:20 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1880th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matthew Stroud

1:32:19 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1879th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Reuben: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Matthew: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Reuben and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Reuben: strongest on Runs (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 11%).Matthew: strongest on Pull (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 16%).

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Part Reuben: faster than Matthew: faster than
Ski 37% 52%
Push 39% 43%
Pull 21% 79%
BBJ 11% 39%
Row 38% 34%
Carry 28% 17%
Lunges 32% 16%
Wall balls 20% 34%
Roxzone 36% 26%
Runs 44% 28%

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

Part by part

Part Reuben Matthew
SkiErg 37% 52%
Sled push 39% 43%
Sled pull 21% 79%
Burpee broad jump 11% 39%
Row 38% 34%
Farmers carry 28% 17%
Sandbag lunges 32% 16%
Wall balls 20% 34%
Roxzone (moving) 36% 26%
Runs (8 km) 44% 28%

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

Reuben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:32:20
5:274:414:573:175:045:185:098:455:104:585:293:105:135:426:149:194:31
Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:32:19
5:344:345:153:135:473:425:396:225:495:016:033:315:266:466:437:565:01
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.Reuben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 42:43 running, 45:10 at the stations and 4:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:19).Below, Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:16 running, 41:06 at the stations and 5:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:56) and the shortest the sled push (3:13).

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Part Reuben · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:27 5:34
SkiErg 4:41 4:34
Run 2 4:57 5:15
Sled push 3:17 3:13
Run 3 5:04 5:47
Sled pull 5:18 3:42
Run 4 5:09 5:39
Burpee broad jump 8:45 6:22
Run 5 5:10 5:49
Row 4:58 5:01
Run 6 5:29 6:03
Farmers carry 3:10 3:31
Run 7 5:13 5:26
Sandbag lunges 5:42 6:46
Run 8 6:14 6:43
Wall balls 9:19 7:56
Roxzone 4:31 5:01
Finish 1:32:20 1:32:19

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Reuben Matthew Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:32:20 1:32:19 0:01 · Matthew faster
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