Matthew vs Sam
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Matthew Richards
GBR · Open Men · 6 results Sam Parsons
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matthew: London 2024, Open Men · Sam: London 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Matthew and Sam sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Pull (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 41%).Sam: strongest on Carry (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 43%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew: faster than | Sam: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 79% | 53% |
| Push | 91% | 43% |
| Pull | 96% | 61% |
| BBJ | 50% | 68% |
| Row | 87% | 69% |
| Carry | 63% | 93% |
| Lunges | 72% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 77% | 87% |
| Roxzone | 60% | 74% |
| Runs | 41% | 70% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matthew | Sam |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 79% | 53% |
| Sled push | 91% | 43% |
| Sled pull | 96% | 61% |
| Burpee broad jump | 50% | 68% |
| Row | 87% | 69% |
| Farmers carry | 63% | 93% |
| Sandbag lunges | 72% | 61% |
| Wall balls | 77% | 87% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 60% | 74% |
| Runs (8 km) | 41% | 70% |
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.Matthew · London 2024 · Open Men: 41:17 running, 32:14 at the stations and 7:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:52).Below, Sam · London 2025 · Open Men: 37:07 running, 32:01 at the stations and 4:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:14).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew · London 2024 · Open Men | Sam · London 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:57 | 4:26 |
| SkiErg | 4:13 | 4:21 |
| Run 2 | 4:26 | 4:16 |
| Sled push | 2:22 | 2:55 |
| Run 3 | 4:50 | 4:30 |
| Sled pull | 3:34 | 4:05 |
| Run 4 | 4:59 | 4:25 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:52 | 4:33 |
| Run 5 | 5:15 | 4:38 |
| Row | 4:26 | 4:32 |
| Run 6 | 5:12 | 4:28 |
| Farmers carry | 1:58 | 1:35 |
| Run 7 | 5:01 | 4:25 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:24 | 4:47 |
| Run 8 | 5:38 | 5:58 |
| Wall balls | 5:24 | 5:14 |
| Roxzone | 7:11 | 4:39 |
| Finish | 1:20:37 | 1:13:40 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matthew | Sam | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London 2024 Open Men · 1 Dec 2024 | 1:20:37 | 1:20:36 | 0:01 · Sam faster |
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