Abel vs Matthew
USA · Open Men · 1 result Abel Mendez
USA · Open Men · 3 results Matthew Williams
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Abel: Houston 2025, Open Men · Matthew: Houston 2026, Open Men
This chart shows where Abel and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Abel: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 23% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 3%).Matthew: strongest on Carry (faster than 85% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | Abel: faster than | Matthew: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 9% | 27% |
| Push | 17% | 72% |
| Pull | 22% | 39% |
| BBJ | 12% | 13% |
| Row | 3% | 22% |
| Carry | 9% | 85% |
| Lunges | 9% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 23% | 58% |
| Roxzone | 8% | 14% |
| Runs | 6% | 5% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Abel | Matthew |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 9% | 27% |
| Sled push | 17% | 72% |
| Sled pull | 22% | 39% |
| Burpee broad jump | 12% | 13% |
| Row | 3% | 22% |
| Farmers carry | 9% | 85% |
| Sandbag lunges | 9% | 79% |
| Wall balls | 23% | 58% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 8% | 14% |
| Runs (8 km) | 6% | 5% |
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.Abel · Houston 2025 · Open Men: 1:04:29 running, 50:49 at the stations and 12:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:10).Below, Matthew · Houston 2026 · Open Men: 1:09:05 running, 41:34 at the stations and 12:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:40).
See the numbers
| Part | Abel · Houston 2025 · Open Men | Matthew · Houston 2026 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:00 | 7:56 |
| SkiErg | 5:08 | 4:55 |
| Run 2 | 6:30 | 7:29 |
| Sled push | 3:34 | 2:50 |
| Run 3 | 7:56 | 8:08 |
| Sled pull | 6:53 | 6:07 |
| Run 4 | 7:33 | 10:12 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:10 | 8:40 |
| Run 5 | 9:47 | 10:22 |
| Row | 6:13 | 5:26 |
| Run 6 | 7:31 | 8:12 |
| Farmers carry | 3:22 | 1:49 |
| Run 7 | 7:54 | 8:00 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:14 | 4:29 |
| Run 8 | 10:18 | 8:46 |
| Wall balls | 8:15 | 7:18 |
| Roxzone | 12:01 | 12:06 |
| Finish | 2:07:13 | 2:02:38 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Abel | Matthew | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston 2025 Open Men · 15 Mar 2025 | 2:07:13 | 2:06:28 | 0:45 · Matthew faster |
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