Richard vs Matt
GBR · Open Men · 6 results Richard Watkins
GBR · Open Men · 3 results Matt Bloor
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Richard: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Matt: Birmingham Birm, Open Men
This chart shows where Richard and Matt sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Richard: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 15%).Matt: strongest on Push (faster than 56% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 11%).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard: faster than | Matt: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 35% | 48% |
| Push | 99% | 56% |
| Pull | 40% | 22% |
| BBJ | 64% | 43% |
| Row | 15% | 21% |
| Carry | 54% | 46% |
| Lunges | 33% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 39% |
| Roxzone | 25% | 11% |
| Runs | 16% | 48% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Richard | Matt |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 35% | 48% |
| Sled push | 99% | 56% |
| Sled pull | 40% | 22% |
| Burpee broad jump | 64% | 43% |
| Row | 15% | 21% |
| Farmers carry | 54% | 46% |
| Sandbag lunges | 33% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 60% | 39% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 25% | 11% |
| Runs (8 km) | 16% | 48% |
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.Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 50:24 running, 36:31 at the stations and 5:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:14) and the shortest the sled push (2:00).Below, Matt · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 39:50 running, 39:33 at the stations and 9:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:48).
See the numbers
| Part | Richard · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men | Matt · Birmingham Birm · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:56 | 5:12 |
| SkiErg | 4:42 | 4:34 |
| Run 2 | 5:40 | 4:42 |
| Sled push | 2:00 | 3:15 |
| Run 3 | 7:04 | 5:04 |
| Sled pull | 4:39 | 5:32 |
| Run 4 | 6:28 | 5:05 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:14 | 5:52 |
| Run 5 | 6:19 | 5:04 |
| Row | 5:21 | 5:12 |
| Run 6 | 6:11 | 4:52 |
| Farmers carry | 2:40 | 2:11 |
| Run 7 | 5:44 | 4:36 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:41 | 5:09 |
| Run 8 | 7:02 | 5:15 |
| Wall balls | 6:14 | 7:48 |
| Roxzone | 5:03 | 9:03 |
| Finish | 1:31:54 | 1:28:20 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Richard | Matt | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:31:54 | 1:31:53 | 0:01 · Matt faster |
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