Matthew vs Christopher

GBR GBR · Open Men · 3 results

Matthew Smith

1:18:21 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2024
785th of 2,732 place in that race · 2,732 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Christopher Gallagher

1:49:04 best Open Men time · Glasgow 2025
2793rd of 3,034 place in that race · 3,034 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Birmingham 2024, Open Men · Christopher: Glasgow 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Christopher 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%).Christopher: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 48% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 0%).

See the numbers
Part Matthew: faster than Christopher: faster than
Ski 49% 10%
Push 69% 5%
Pull 51% 2%
BBJ 86% 11%
Row 70% 5%
Carry 26% 2%
Lunges 80% 0%
Wall balls 34% 7%
Roxzone 79% 48%
Runs 73% 38%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Christopher
SkiErg 49% 10%
Sled push 69% 5%
Sled pull 51% 2%
Burpee broad jump 86% 11%
Row 70% 5%
Farmers carry 26% 2%
Sandbag lunges 80% 0%
Wall balls 34% 7%
Roxzone (moving) 79% 48%
Runs (8 km) 73% 38%

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

Matthew · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men1:18:21
5:064:244:152:374:234:524:424:134:414:354:342:294:354:095:027:386:13
Christopher · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men1:49:04
3:344:485:044:156:228:005:357:585:565:345:553:326:1715:324:4711:084:58
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.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, Christopher · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men: 43:30 running, 1:00:47 at the stations and 4:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (15:32).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Birmingham 2024 · Open Men Christopher · Glasgow 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:06 3:34
SkiErg 4:24 4:48
Run 2 4:15 5:04
Sled push 2:37 4:15
Run 3 4:23 6:22
Sled pull 4:52 8:00
Run 4 4:42 5:35
Burpee broad jump 4:13 7:58
Run 5 4:41 5:56
Row 4:35 5:34
Run 6 4:34 5:55
Farmers carry 2:29 3:32
Run 7 4:35 6:17
Sandbag lunges 4:09 15:32
Run 8 5:02 4:47
Wall balls 7:38 11:08
Roxzone 6:13 4:58
Finish 1:18:21 1:49:04

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Christopher Gap
Glasgow 2025 Open Men · 12 Mar 2025 1:49:00 1:49:04 0:04 · Matthew faster
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