Matt vs Ian

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Matt Jones

1:22:56 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2025
1047th of 2,041 place in that race · 2,041 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Pro Men · 3 results

Ian Taylor

1:20:00 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
1468th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Matt: Cardiff 2025, Open Men · Ian: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matt and Ian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matt: strongest on Ski (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 35%).Ian: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 23%).

See the numbers
Part Matt: faster than Ian: faster than
Ski 91% 88%
Push 76% 99%
Pull 35% 83%
BBJ 42% 68%
Row 68% 59%
Carry 76% 97%
Lunges 65% 57%
Wall balls 55% 23%
Roxzone 48% 26%
Runs 37% 72%

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

Part by part

Part Matt Ian
SkiErg 91% 88%
Sled push 76% 99%
Sled pull 35% 83%
Burpee broad jump 42% 68%
Row 68% 59%
Farmers carry 76% 97%
Sandbag lunges 65% 57%
Wall balls 55% 23%
Roxzone (moving) 48% 26%
Runs (8 km) 37% 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

Matt · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men1:22:56
5:124:134:502:385:305:095:146:195:264:385:121:505:204:225:476:244:52
Ian · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:20:00
4:594:124:161:564:234:074:264:534:384:444:261:304:344:594:449:267:54
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.Matt · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men: 42:30 running, 35:33 at the stations and 4:52 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:24).Below, Ian · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 36:25 running, 35:46 at the stations and 7:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:26).

See the numbers
Part Matt · Cardiff 2025 · Open Men Ian · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:12 4:59
SkiErg 4:13 4:12
Run 2 4:50 4:16
Sled push 2:38 1:56
Run 3 5:30 4:23
Sled pull 5:09 4:07
Run 4 5:14 4:26
Burpee broad jump 6:19 4:53
Run 5 5:26 4:38
Row 4:38 4:44
Run 6 5:12 4:26
Farmers carry 1:50 1:30
Run 7 5:20 4:34
Sandbag lunges 4:22 4:59
Run 8 5:47 4:44
Wall balls 6:24 9:26
Roxzone 4:52 7:54
Finish 1:22:56 1:20:00

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matt Ian Gap
London ExCeL 2025 Pro Men · 4 Dec 2025 1:28:57 1:28:44 0:13 · Ian faster
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