Matthew vs Michael
GBR · Open Men · 9 results Matthew Watson
GBR · Open Men · 6 results Michael Smith
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matthew: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men · Michael: Amsterdam 2024, Open Men
This chart shows where Matthew and Michael sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Ski (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 40%).Michael: strongest on Pull (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 17%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew: faster than | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 91% | 47% |
| Push | 87% | 17% |
| Pull | 64% | 93% |
| BBJ | 86% | 87% |
| Row | 40% | 65% |
| Carry | 83% | 61% |
| Lunges | 87% | 71% |
| Wall balls | 69% | 57% |
| Roxzone | 80% | 80% |
| Runs | 67% | 85% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matthew | Michael |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 91% | 47% |
| Sled push | 87% | 17% |
| Sled pull | 64% | 93% |
| Burpee broad jump | 86% | 87% |
| Row | 40% | 65% |
| Farmers carry | 83% | 61% |
| Sandbag lunges | 87% | 71% |
| Wall balls | 69% | 57% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 80% | 80% |
| Runs (8 km) | 67% | 85% |
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.Matthew · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 31:19 running, 32:01 at the stations and 10:04 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:14).Below, Michael · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men: 37:58 running, 31:34 at the stations and 5:08 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:57).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men | Michael · Amsterdam 2024 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:59 | 2:56 |
| SkiErg | 4:26 | 4:27 |
| Run 2 | 3:33 | 4:32 |
| Sled push | 2:18 | 2:53 |
| Run 3 | 3:48 | 4:48 |
| Sled pull | 4:26 | 3:15 |
| Run 4 | 3:49 | 4:50 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:58 | 4:08 |
| Run 5 | 3:58 | 4:58 |
| Row | 5:02 | 4:40 |
| Run 6 | 3:54 | 5:07 |
| Farmers carry | 1:41 | 1:53 |
| Run 7 | 3:58 | 5:16 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:57 | 4:21 |
| Run 8 | 5:20 | 5:31 |
| Wall balls | 6:14 | 5:57 |
| Roxzone | 10:04 | 5:08 |
| Finish | 1:13:15 | 1:14:32 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matthew | Michael | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow 2026 Pro Men · 11 Mar 2026 | 1:26:49 | 1:26:37 | 0:12 · Michael faster |
Close the gap at your next race.
The RoxHype app is your training plan to race day: built from your splits, your kit and your race date, and adjusted every week.
- A week-by-week plan that counts down to your race
- Extra work on your slowest stations
- Adjusts every week to what you actually did
Free to download. Used by more than 40,000 HYROX athletes.
