Ian vs Matt

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Ian Thomas

1:08:43 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
280th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
IMN IMN · Open Men · 1 result

Matt Jones

1:08:43 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
279th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Ian: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Matt: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Ian and Matt sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ian: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 43%).Matt: strongest on BBJ (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 71%).

See the numbers
Part Ian: faster than Matt: faster than
Ski 43% 71%
Push 90% 84%
Pull 79% 80%
BBJ 90% 94%
Row 68% 89%
Carry 90% 82%
Lunges 86% 89%
Wall balls 71% 92%
Roxzone 95% 85%
Runs 89% 83%

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

Part by part

Part Ian Matt
SkiErg 43% 71%
Sled push 90% 84%
Sled pull 79% 80%
Burpee broad jump 90% 94%
Row 68% 89%
Farmers carry 90% 82%
Sandbag lunges 86% 89%
Wall balls 71% 92%
Roxzone (moving) 95% 85%
Runs (8 km) 89% 83%

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

Ian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:08:43
4:234:385:222:254:083:424:044:014:104:394:172:043:553:504:505:412:38
Matt · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:08:43
5:074:254:222:324:213:414:193:464:284:264:372:144:133:445:034:302:57
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.Ian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 35:09 running, 31:00 at the stations and 2:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:41).Below, Matt · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 36:31 running, 29:17 at the stations and 2:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:30).

See the numbers
Part Ian · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Matt · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 4:23 5:07
SkiErg 4:38 4:25
Run 2 5:22 4:22
Sled push 2:25 2:32
Run 3 4:08 4:21
Sled pull 3:42 3:41
Run 4 4:04 4:19
Burpee broad jump 4:01 3:46
Run 5 4:10 4:28
Row 4:39 4:26
Run 6 4:17 4:37
Farmers carry 2:04 2:14
Run 7 3:55 4:13
Sandbag lunges 3:50 3:44
Run 8 4:50 5:03
Wall balls 5:41 4:30
Roxzone 2:38 2:57
Finish 1:08:43 1:08:43

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Ian Matt Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:08:43 1:08:43 level
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