Matthew vs Richard
GBR · Open Men · 1 result Matthew Strong
IRL · Open Men · 6 results Richard Blackmore
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Matthew: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Richard: London ExCeL 2025, Open Men
This chart shows where Matthew and Richard sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Row (faster than 81% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 31%).Richard: strongest on Ski (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 34%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew: faster than | Richard: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 52% | 89% |
| Push | 55% | 55% |
| Pull | 62% | 65% |
| BBJ | 43% | 34% |
| Row | 81% | 43% |
| Carry | 38% | 66% |
| Lunges | 31% | 60% |
| Wall balls | 56% | 63% |
| Roxzone | 38% | 41% |
| Runs | 35% | 55% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Matthew | Richard |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 52% | 89% |
| Sled push | 55% | 55% |
| Sled pull | 62% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 43% | 34% |
| Row | 81% | 43% |
| Farmers carry | 38% | 66% |
| Sandbag lunges | 31% | 60% |
| Wall balls | 56% | 63% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 38% | 41% |
| Runs (8 km) | 35% | 55% |
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 · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 42:44 running, 38:02 at the stations and 7:12 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:57).Below, Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men: 32:49 running, 36:08 at the stations and 12:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:32).
See the numbers
| Part | Matthew · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men | Richard · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:20 | 3:19 |
| SkiErg | 4:29 | 4:28 |
| Run 2 | 4:52 | 3:48 |
| Sled push | 3:09 | 2:44 |
| Run 3 | 5:16 | 3:51 |
| Sled pull | 4:42 | 4:25 |
| Run 4 | 5:21 | 3:57 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:56 | 6:17 |
| Run 5 | 5:32 | 4:02 |
| Row | 4:31 | 5:00 |
| Run 6 | 5:24 | 4:05 |
| Farmers carry | 2:20 | 1:53 |
| Run 7 | 5:21 | 4:02 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:58 | 4:50 |
| Run 8 | 5:38 | 5:45 |
| Wall balls | 6:57 | 6:32 |
| Roxzone | 7:12 | 12:13 |
| Finish | 1:27:51 | 1:21:02 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Matthew | Richard | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:27:51 | 1:27:50 | 0:01 · Richard faster |
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