Thomas vs Matthew

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Thomas Williams

1:34:05 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1971st of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matthew Jacobs

1:34:06 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1972nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

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

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

This chart shows where Thomas and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Thomas: strongest on Push (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 4%).Matthew: strongest on Push (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 19%).

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Part Thomas: faster than Matthew: faster than
Ski 67% 39%
Push 93% 88%
Pull 89% 38%
BBJ 15% 19%
Row 29% 35%
Carry 13% 34%
Lunges 29% 19%
Wall balls 42% 34%
Roxzone 4% 38%
Runs 33% 24%

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

Part by part

Part Thomas Matthew
SkiErg 67% 39%
Sled push 93% 88%
Sled pull 89% 38%
Burpee broad jump 15% 19%
Row 29% 35%
Farmers carry 13% 34%
Sandbag lunges 29% 19%
Wall balls 42% 34%
Roxzone (moving) 4% 38%
Runs (8 km) 33% 24%

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

Thomas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:34:05
5:444:275:152:205:353:255:268:135:415:055:483:435:165:536:227:138:42
Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:34:06
5:364:405:262:276:014:445:547:485:525:006:033:015:376:307:137:524:25
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.Thomas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 45:07 running, 40:19 at the stations and 8:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:13) and the shortest the sled push (2:20).Below, Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 47:43 running, 42:02 at the stations and 4:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:52) and the shortest the sled push (2:27).

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Part Thomas · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:44 5:36
SkiErg 4:27 4:40
Run 2 5:15 5:26
Sled push 2:20 2:27
Run 3 5:35 6:01
Sled pull 3:25 4:44
Run 4 5:26 5:54
Burpee broad jump 8:13 7:48
Run 5 5:41 5:52
Row 5:05 5:00
Run 6 5:48 6:03
Farmers carry 3:43 3:01
Run 7 5:16 5:37
Sandbag lunges 5:53 6:30
Run 8 6:22 7:13
Wall balls 7:13 7:52
Roxzone 8:42 4:25
Finish 1:34:05 1:34:06

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Thomas Matthew Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:34:05 1:34:06 0:01 · Thomas faster
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