Matthew vs Richard
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Matthew Smith
GBR · Open Men · 8 results Richard Sullivan
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matthew: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Richard: Birmingham 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Matthew and Richard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on BBJ (faster than 86% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 26%).Richard: strongest on Push (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 42%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew: faster than | Richard: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 49% | 62% |
| Push | 69% | 70% |
| Pull | 51% | 55% |
| BBJ | 86% | 48% |
| Row | 70% | 59% |
| Carry | 26% | 49% |
| Lunges | 80% | 42% |
| Wall balls | 34% | 57% |
| Roxzone | 79% | 43% |
| Runs | 73% | 61% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matthew | Richard |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 49% | 62% |
| Sled push | 69% | 70% |
| Sled pull | 51% | 55% |
| Burpee broad jump | 86% | 48% |
| Row | 70% | 59% |
| Farmers carry | 26% | 49% |
| Sandbag lunges | 80% | 42% |
| Wall balls | 34% | 57% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 79% | 43% |
| Runs (8 km) | 73% | 61% |
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.Matthew · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men: 37:17 running, 34:57 at the stations and 6:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:38).Below, Richard · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 38:08 running, 37:05 at the stations and 6:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:53).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men | Richard · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:06 | 5:03 |
| SkiErg | 4:24 | 4:25 |
| Run 2 | 4:15 | 4:32 |
| Sled push | 2:37 | 2:50 |
| Run 3 | 4:23 | 4:50 |
| Sled pull | 4:52 | 4:53 |
| Run 4 | 4:42 | 4:34 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:13 | 5:41 |
| Run 5 | 4:41 | 4:54 |
| Row | 4:35 | 4:44 |
| Run 6 | 4:34 | 4:50 |
| Farmers carry | 2:29 | 2:10 |
| Run 7 | 4:35 | 4:33 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:09 | 5:30 |
| Run 8 | 5:02 | 4:53 |
| Wall balls | 7:38 | 6:53 |
| Roxzone | 6:13 | 6:57 |
| Finish | 1:18:21 | 1:22:03 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Matthew | Richard | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 | 1:49:00 | 1:49:03 | 0:03 · Matthew faster |
| Birmingham 2024 Open Men · 25 Oct 2024 | 1:18:21 | 1:40:37 | 22:16 · Matthew faster |
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