Samuel vs Matthew

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Samuel Burgess

1:34:04 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2772nd of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Matthew Howarth

1:34:01 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2771st of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Samuel: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Matthew: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Samuel and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samuel: strongest on Push (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 13%).Matthew: strongest on Row (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 8%).

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Part Samuel: faster than Matthew: faster than
Ski 37% 27%
Push 85% 8%
Pull 35% 33%
BBJ 61% 27%
Row 26% 44%
Carry 13% 33%
Lunges 23% 28%
Wall balls 53% 29%
Roxzone 29% 33%
Runs 17% 36%

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

Part by part

Part Samuel Matthew
SkiErg 37% 27%
Sled push 85% 8%
Sled pull 35% 33%
Burpee broad jump 61% 27%
Row 26% 44%
Farmers carry 13% 33%
Sandbag lunges 23% 28%
Wall balls 53% 29%
Roxzone (moving) 29% 33%
Runs (8 km) 17% 36%

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

Samuel · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:34:04
6:324:365:192:285:295:315:365:115:385:065:282:565:236:247:497:067:41
Matthew · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:34:01
6:004:424:555:005:205:355:196:485:454:535:002:264:426:075:258:467:26
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.Samuel · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 47:14 running, 39:18 at the stations and 7:41 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:06) and the shortest the sled push (2:28).Below, Matthew · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 42:26 running, 44:17 at the stations and 7:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:46).

See the numbers
Part Samuel · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Matthew · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 6:32 6:00
SkiErg 4:36 4:42
Run 2 5:19 4:55
Sled push 2:28 5:00
Run 3 5:29 5:20
Sled pull 5:31 5:35
Run 4 5:36 5:19
Burpee broad jump 5:11 6:48
Run 5 5:38 5:45
Row 5:06 4:53
Run 6 5:28 5:00
Farmers carry 2:56 2:26
Run 7 5:23 4:42
Sandbag lunges 6:24 6:07
Run 8 7:49 5:25
Wall balls 7:06 8:46
Roxzone 7:41 7:26
Finish 1:34:04 1:34:01

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Samuel Matthew Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:34:04 1:34:01 0:03 · Matthew faster
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