Daniel vs Matthew

IMN IMN · Open Men · 2 results

Daniel James

1:34:02 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1970th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matthew Jacobs

1:34:06 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1972nd of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers

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

Daniel: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Matthew: Cardiff 2026, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Daniel and Matthew sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Daniel: strongest on Push (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 21%).Matthew: strongest on Push (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 19%).

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Part Daniel: faster than Matthew: faster than
Ski 37% 39%
Push 72% 88%
Pull 26% 38%
BBJ 23% 19%
Row 31% 35%
Carry 61% 34%
Lunges 34% 19%
Wall balls 36% 34%
Roxzone 28% 38%
Runs 21% 24%

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

Part by part

Part Daniel Matthew
SkiErg 37% 39%
Sled push 72% 88%
Sled pull 26% 38%
Burpee broad jump 23% 19%
Row 31% 35%
Farmers carry 61% 34%
Sandbag lunges 34% 19%
Wall balls 36% 34%
Roxzone (moving) 28% 38%
Runs (8 km) 21% 24%

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

Daniel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:34:02
5:424:415:202:455:425:065:387:255:485:036:062:337:185:376:437:434:54
Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:34:06
5:364:405:262:276:014:445:547:485:525:006:033:015:376:307:137:524:25
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.Daniel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 48:17 running, 40:53 at the stations and 4:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:43).Below, Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 47:43 running, 42:02 at the stations and 4:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:52) and the shortest the sled push (2:27).

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Part Daniel · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:42 5:36
SkiErg 4:41 4:40
Run 2 5:20 5:26
Sled push 2:45 2:27
Run 3 5:42 6:01
Sled pull 5:06 4:44
Run 4 5:38 5:54
Burpee broad jump 7:25 7:48
Run 5 5:48 5:52
Row 5:03 5:00
Run 6 6:06 6:03
Farmers carry 2:33 3:01
Run 7 7:18 5:37
Sandbag lunges 5:37 6:30
Run 8 6:43 7:13
Wall balls 7:43 7:52
Roxzone 4:54 4:25
Finish 1:34:02 1:34:06

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Daniel Matthew Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:34:02 1:34:06 0:04 · Daniel faster
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