Richard vs Matthew

GBR GBR · Open Men · 6 results

Richard Branson

1:27:41 best Open Men time · London ExCeL 2025
3470th of 5,554 place in that race · 5,554 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Matthew Colman

2:02:14 best Open Men time · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026
948th of 961 place in that race · 961 Open Men finishers

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

Richard: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Matthew: London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Richard and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Ski (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 25%).Matthew: strongest on Push (faster than 9% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 0%).

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Part Richard: faster than Matthew: faster than
Ski 82% 0%
Push 42% 9%
Pull 63% 0%
BBJ 34% 4%
Row 79% 1%
Carry 68% 0%
Lunges 25% 0%
Wall balls 30% 1%
Roxzone 33% 5%
Runs 38% 7%

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

Part by part

Part Richard Matthew
SkiErg 82% 0%
Sled push 42% 9%
Sled pull 63% 0%
Burpee broad jump 34% 4%
Row 79% 1%
Farmers carry 68% 0%
Sandbag lunges 25% 0%
Wall balls 30% 1%
Roxzone (moving) 33% 5%
Runs (8 km) 38% 7%

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

Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men1:27:41
2:564:333:562:554:034:284:086:184:254:394:201:524:536:146:248:5612:48
Matthew · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men2:02:14
4:225:234:543:175:239:565:478:196:355:495:476:085:3710:389:4315:458:59
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.Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 35:04 running, 39:55 at the stations and 12:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:56).Below, Matthew · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men: 48:08 running, 1:05:14 at the stations and 8:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (15:45) and the shortest the sled push (3:17).

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Part Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men Matthew · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:56 4:22
SkiErg 4:33 5:23
Run 2 3:56 4:54
Sled push 2:55 3:17
Run 3 4:03 5:23
Sled pull 4:28 9:56
Run 4 4:08 5:47
Burpee broad jump 6:18 8:19
Run 5 4:25 6:35
Row 4:39 5:49
Run 6 4:20 5:47
Farmers carry 1:52 6:08
Run 7 4:53 5:37
Sandbag lunges 6:14 10:38
Run 8 6:24 9:43
Wall balls 8:56 15:45
Roxzone 12:48 8:59
Finish 1:27:41 2:02:14

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Richard Matthew Gap
London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 Open Men · 21 Mar 2026 2:03:39 2:02:14 1:25 · Matthew faster
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