Matthew vs Paul

USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Matthew Sitzman

2:00:09 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
1466th of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers
USA USA · Open Men · 1 result

Paul Tyska

2:00:07 best Open Men time · Chicago 2025
1465th of 1,622 place in that race · 1,622 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Chicago 2025, Open Men · Paul: Chicago 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Paul sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Ski (faster than 51% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 5%).Paul: strongest on Runs (faster than 24% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 2%).

See the numbers
Part Matthew: faster than Paul: faster than
Ski 51% 2%
Push 30% 8%
Pull 16% 3%
BBJ 14% 4%
Row 34% 7%
Carry 37% 12%
Lunges 30% 4%
Wall balls 32% 14%
Roxzone 10% 23%
Runs 5% 24%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Paul
SkiErg 51% 2%
Sled push 30% 8%
Sled pull 16% 3%
Burpee broad jump 14% 4%
Row 34% 7%
Farmers carry 37% 12%
Sandbag lunges 30% 4%
Wall balls 32% 14%
Roxzone (moving) 10% 23%
Runs (8 km) 5% 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

Matthew · Chicago 2025 · Open Men2:00:09
5:104:297:062:557:516:348:108:438:395:068:202:188:136:1211:078:5710:28
Paul · Chicago 2025 · Open Men2:00:07
4:435:256:173:466:348:436:3911:316:365:456:362:576:379:458:0311:328:46
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 · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 1:04:37 running, 45:14 at the stations and 10:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:57).Below, Paul · Chicago 2025 · Open Men: 52:05 running, 59:25 at the stations and 8:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:32).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Chicago 2025 · Open Men Paul · Chicago 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:10 4:43
SkiErg 4:29 5:25
Run 2 7:06 6:17
Sled push 2:55 3:46
Run 3 7:51 6:34
Sled pull 6:34 8:43
Run 4 8:10 6:39
Burpee broad jump 8:43 11:31
Run 5 8:39 6:36
Row 5:06 5:45
Run 6 8:20 6:36
Farmers carry 2:18 2:57
Run 7 8:13 6:37
Sandbag lunges 6:12 9:45
Run 8 11:07 8:03
Wall balls 8:57 11:32
Roxzone 10:28 8:46
Finish 2:00:09 2:00:07

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Paul Gap
Chicago 2025 Open Men · 14 Nov 2025 2:00:09 2:00:07 0:02 · Paul faster
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