Matthew vs Alex
GBR · Open Men · 5 results Matthew Howard
GBR · Open Men · 4 results Alex Stephenson
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matthew: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Alex: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
no splitWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
This chart shows where Matthew and Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Runs (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 5%).Alex: strongest on Lunges (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 51%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew: faster than | Alex: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 35% | 85% |
| Push | 23% | 75% |
| Pull | 20% | 59% |
| BBJ | 39% | 51% |
| Row | 49% | 85% |
| Carry | 79% | 58% |
| Lunges | no split | 87% |
| Wall balls | 24% | 72% |
| Roxzone | 5% | 58% |
| Runs | 79% | 66% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matthew | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 35% | 85% |
| Sled push | 23% | 75% |
| Sled pull | 20% | 59% |
| Burpee broad jump | 39% | 51% |
| Row | 49% | 85% |
| Farmers carry | 79% | 58% |
| Sandbag lunges | — | 87% |
| Wall balls | 24% | 72% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 5% | 58% |
| Runs (8 km) | 79% | 66% |
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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 37:10 running, 36:01 at the stations and 8:17 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:50).Below, Alex · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 31:19 running, 33:35 at the stations and 11:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Alex · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:38 | 2:47 |
| SkiErg | 4:42 | 4:31 |
| Run 2 | 4:16 | 3:32 |
| Sled push | 3:40 | 2:29 |
| Run 3 | 4:32 | 3:50 |
| Sled pull | 5:22 | 4:34 |
| Run 4 | 4:31 | 3:42 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:20 | 5:28 |
| Run 5 | 4:31 | 3:50 |
| Row | 4:50 | 4:35 |
| Run 6 | 4:57 | 3:54 |
| Farmers carry | 2:17 | 1:58 |
| Run 7 | 4:22 | 3:59 |
| Sandbag lunges | — | 3:56 |
| Run 8 | 5:22 | 5:46 |
| Wall balls | 8:50 | 6:04 |
| Roxzone | 8:17 | 11:15 |
| Finish | 1:21:29 | 1:16:02 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matthew | Alex | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:21:29 | 1:21:29 | level |
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