Matthew vs Max

AUS AUS · Open Men · 1 result

Matthew Cottam

1:27:28 best Open Men time · Sydney 2026
1838th of 3,324 place in that race · 3,324 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 4 results

Max Lightfoot-Brown

1:08:36 best Open Men time · Sydney 2025
240th of 2,104 place in that race · 2,104 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Sydney 2026, Open Men · Max: Sydney 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Max sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Push (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 36%).Max: strongest on Row (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 62%).

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Part Matthew: faster than Max: faster than
Ski 46% 89%
Push 61% 80%
Pull 44% 93%
BBJ 43% 89%
Row 37% 94%
Carry 46% 62%
Lunges 55% 88%
Wall balls 41% 82%
Roxzone 36% 76%
Runs 43% 84%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Max
SkiErg 46% 89%
Sled push 61% 80%
Sled pull 44% 93%
Burpee broad jump 43% 89%
Row 37% 94%
Farmers carry 46% 62%
Sandbag lunges 55% 88%
Wall balls 41% 82%
Roxzone (moving) 36% 76%
Runs (8 km) 43% 84%

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

Matthew · Sydney 2026 · Open Men1:27:28
4:134:284:262:284:354:374:406:025:074:534:592:084:515:237:527:329:21
Max · Sydney 2025 · Open Men1:08:36
3:264:023:491:593:593:304:063:524:094:144:072:023:554:005:234:537:17
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.Matthew · Sydney 2026 · Open Men: 40:43 running, 37:31 at the stations and 9:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:32).Below, Max · Sydney 2025 · Open Men: 32:54 running, 28:31 at the stations and 7:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (4:53) and the shortest the sled push (1:59).

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Part Matthew · Sydney 2026 · Open Men Max · Sydney 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 4:13 3:26
SkiErg 4:28 4:02
Run 2 4:26 3:49
Sled push 2:28 1:59
Run 3 4:35 3:59
Sled pull 4:37 3:30
Run 4 4:40 4:06
Burpee broad jump 6:02 3:52
Run 5 5:07 4:09
Row 4:53 4:14
Run 6 4:59 4:07
Farmers carry 2:08 2:02
Run 7 4:51 3:55
Sandbag lunges 5:23 4:00
Run 8 7:52 5:23
Wall balls 7:32 4:53
Roxzone 9:21 7:17
Finish 1:27:28 1:08:36

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Max Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Men · 1 Jul 2026 1:27:28 1:27:28 level
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