Richard vs Alistair
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Richard Smale
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Alistair Mathew
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Alistair: London Olympia 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and Alistair sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Carry (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 55%).Alistair: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 42%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | Alistair: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 71% | 75% |
| Push | 85% | 42% |
| Pull | 84% | 54% |
| BBJ | 93% | 77% |
| Row | 67% | 85% |
| Carry | 97% | 77% |
| Lunges | 93% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 85% | 85% |
| Roxzone | 55% | 97% |
| Runs | 83% | 96% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | Alistair |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 71% | 75% |
| Sled push | 85% | 42% |
| Sled pull | 84% | 54% |
| Burpee broad jump | 93% | 77% |
| Row | 67% | 85% |
| Farmers carry | 97% | 77% |
| Sandbag lunges | 93% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 85% | 85% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 55% | 97% |
| Runs (8 km) | 83% | 96% |
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.Richard · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 34:28 running, 29:43 at the stations and 6:24 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:22).Below, Alistair · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men: 32:08 running, 32:16 at the stations and 4:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:22).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Alistair · London Olympia 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:24 | 4:05 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 4:17 |
| Run 2 | 3:54 | 3:50 |
| Sled push | 2:27 | 3:06 |
| Run 3 | 4:08 | 3:52 |
| Sled pull | 4:04 | 4:18 |
| Run 4 | 4:15 | 3:52 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:42 | 4:31 |
| Run 5 | 4:31 | 3:49 |
| Row | 4:39 | 4:27 |
| Run 6 | 4:27 | 3:49 |
| Farmers carry | 1:29 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 4:21 | 3:50 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:39 | 4:21 |
| Run 8 | 4:28 | 5:01 |
| Wall balls | 5:22 | 5:22 |
| Roxzone | 6:24 | 4:03 |
| Finish | 1:10:25 | 1:08:20 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Richard | Alistair | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:10:25 | 1:10:24 | 0:01 · Alistair faster |
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