Joel vs Phil

GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Joel Matthews

1:11:57 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
450th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Phil Neary

1:12:18 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
495th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Joel: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Phil: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Joel and Phil sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Joel: strongest on Ski (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 60%).Phil: strongest on Pull (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 56%).

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Part Joel: faster than Phil: faster than
Ski 95% 69%
Push 91% 73%
Pull 78% 89%
BBJ 60% 77%
Row 87% 72%
Carry 88% 86%
Lunges 83% 56%
Wall balls 75% 79%
Roxzone 79% 82%
Runs 76% 79%

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

Part by part

Part Joel Phil
SkiErg 95% 69%
Sled push 91% 73%
Sled pull 78% 89%
Burpee broad jump 60% 77%
Row 87% 72%
Farmers carry 88% 86%
Sandbag lunges 83% 56%
Wall balls 75% 79%
Roxzone (moving) 79% 82%
Runs (8 km) 76% 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

Joel · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:11:57
2:554:014:202:084:593:464:595:035:114:225:031:415:084:144:265:374:14
Phil · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:12:18
4:374:264:172:445:343:244:174:424:234:374:342:094:204:505:115:153:03
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.Joel · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 37:00 running, 30:52 at the stations and 4:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:37).Below, Phil · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 37:13 running, 32:07 at the stations and 3:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:15).

See the numbers
Part Joel · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Phil · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 2:55 4:37
SkiErg 4:01 4:26
Run 2 4:20 4:17
Sled push 2:08 2:44
Run 3 4:59 5:34
Sled pull 3:46 3:24
Run 4 4:59 4:17
Burpee broad jump 5:03 4:42
Run 5 5:11 4:23
Row 4:22 4:37
Run 6 5:03 4:34
Farmers carry 1:41 2:09
Run 7 5:08 4:20
Sandbag lunges 4:14 4:50
Run 8 4:26 5:11
Wall balls 5:37 5:15
Roxzone 4:14 3:03
Finish 1:11:57 1:12:18

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Joel Phil Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:12:20 1:12:18 0:02 · Phil faster
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