Matthew vs Niall

GBR GBR · Open Men · 1 result

Matthew Strong

1:27:51 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2238th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
IRL IRL · Open Men · 7 results

Niall Devereux

1:18:14 best Open Men time · Málaga 2026
921st of 2,072 place in that race · 2,072 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Niall: Málaga 2026, Open Men

top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MatthewNialledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Matthew and Niall 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%).Niall: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 79% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 44%).

See the numbers
Part Matthew: faster than Niall: faster than
Ski 52% 44%
Push 55% 48%
Pull 62% 44%
BBJ 43% 57%
Row 81% 52%
Carry 38% 67%
Lunges 31% 61%
Wall balls 56% 59%
Roxzone 38% 79%
Runs 35% 45%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Niall
SkiErg 52% 44%
Sled push 55% 48%
Sled pull 62% 44%
Burpee broad jump 43% 57%
Row 81% 52%
Farmers carry 38% 67%
Sandbag lunges 31% 61%
Wall balls 56% 59%
Roxzone (moving) 38% 79%
Runs (8 km) 35% 45%

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

Matthew · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:27:51
5:204:294:523:095:164:425:215:565:324:315:242:205:215:585:386:577:12
Niall · Málaga 2026 · Open Men1:18:14
4:274:294:452:564:534:474:554:554:584:544:591:525:004:385:035:455:05
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.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, Niall · Málaga 2026 · Open Men: 39:00 running, 34:16 at the stations and 5:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:45).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Niall · Málaga 2026 · Open Men
Run 1 5:20 4:27
SkiErg 4:29 4:29
Run 2 4:52 4:45
Sled push 3:09 2:56
Run 3 5:16 4:53
Sled pull 4:42 4:47
Run 4 5:21 4:55
Burpee broad jump 5:56 4:55
Run 5 5:32 4:58
Row 4:31 4:54
Run 6 5:24 4:59
Farmers carry 2:20 1:52
Run 7 5:21 5:00
Sandbag lunges 5:58 4:38
Run 8 5:38 5:03
Wall balls 6:57 5:45
Roxzone 7:12 5:05
Finish 1:27:51 1:18:14

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Niall Gap
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:27:51 1:27:51 level
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