Desmond vs Matt
USA · Open Men · 3 results Desmond Hoffman
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Matt Gallagher
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Desmond: Atlanta 2025, Open Men · Matt: Turin 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Desmond and Matt sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Desmond: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 50%).Matt: strongest on Pull (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 21%).
See the numbers
| Part | Desmond: faster than | Matt: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 62% | 56% |
| Push | 76% | 62% |
| Pull | 50% | 83% |
| BBJ | 91% | 44% |
| Row | 55% | 21% |
| Carry | 53% | 69% |
| Lunges | 89% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 48% |
| Roxzone | 71% | 69% |
| Runs | 52% | 79% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Desmond | Matt |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 62% | 56% |
| Sled push | 76% | 62% |
| Sled pull | 50% | 83% |
| Burpee broad jump | 91% | 44% |
| Row | 55% | 21% |
| Farmers carry | 53% | 69% |
| Sandbag lunges | 89% | 34% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 48% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 71% | 69% |
| Runs (8 km) | 52% | 79% |
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.Desmond · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men: 42:24 running, 31:44 at the stations and 7:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:24).Below, Matt · Turin 2026 · Open Men: 35:25 running, 37:11 at the stations and 6:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:01).
See the numbers
| Part | Desmond · Atlanta 2025 · Open Men | Matt · Turin 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:19 | 3:22 |
| SkiErg | 4:42 | 4:31 |
| Run 2 | 4:55 | 4:20 |
| Sled push | 2:34 | 2:59 |
| Run 3 | 5:55 | 4:26 |
| Sled pull | 5:24 | 4:09 |
| Run 4 | 5:30 | 4:29 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:49 | 5:25 |
| Run 5 | 5:34 | 4:42 |
| Row | 4:54 | 5:22 |
| Run 6 | 5:25 | 4:38 |
| Farmers carry | 2:05 | 1:51 |
| Run 7 | 5:18 | 4:33 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:49 | 5:52 |
| Run 8 | 5:27 | 4:55 |
| Wall balls | 4:27 | 7:01 |
| Roxzone | 7:45 | 6:13 |
| Finish | 1:21:43 | 1:18:40 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Desmond | Matt | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oslo 2026 Open Men · 25 Sep 2026 | 1:21:49 | 1:21:45 | 0:04 · Matt faster |
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