Matt vs Paul
GBR · Open Men · 2 results Matt Francis
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Paul Burgess
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matt: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Paul: Cardiff 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Matt and Paul 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 75% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 12%).Paul: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 8%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matt: faster than | Paul: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 75% | 13% |
| Push | 45% | 9% |
| Pull | 37% | 8% |
| BBJ | 31% | 58% |
| Row | 33% | 26% |
| Carry | 50% | 33% |
| Lunges | 59% | 37% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 15% |
| Roxzone | 12% | 69% |
| Runs | 21% | 63% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matt | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 75% | 13% |
| Sled push | 45% | 9% |
| Sled pull | 37% | 8% |
| Burpee broad jump | 31% | 58% |
| Row | 33% | 26% |
| Farmers carry | 50% | 33% |
| Sandbag lunges | 59% | 37% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 15% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 12% | 69% |
| Runs (8 km) | 21% | 63% |
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.Matt · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 38:21 running, 42:25 at the stations and 15:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:17).Below, Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 39:41 running, 44:48 at the stations and 3:22 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Matt · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Paul · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:13 | 4:48 |
| SkiErg | 4:37 | 5:00 |
| Run 2 | 3:59 | 4:59 |
| Sled push | 2:53 | 4:17 |
| Run 3 | 4:36 | 5:02 |
| Sled pull | 5:10 | 6:19 |
| Run 4 | 4:41 | 4:45 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:26 | 5:30 |
| Run 5 | 5:02 | 5:08 |
| Row | 5:07 | 5:08 |
| Run 6 | 4:51 | 5:06 |
| Farmers carry | 2:03 | 3:02 |
| Run 7 | 4:49 | 4:34 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:52 | 5:28 |
| Run 8 | 7:10 | 5:20 |
| Wall balls | 11:17 | 10:04 |
| Roxzone | 15:09 | 3:22 |
| Finish | 1:35:47 | 1:27:49 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matt | Paul | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Birm Open Men · 31 Oct 2026 | 1:52:24 | 1:52:26 | 0:02 · Matt faster |
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