Matthew vs Aron

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matthew Smith

1:23:30 best Open Men time · Cardiff 2026
1347th of 2,728 place in that race · 2,728 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Aron Wright

1:13:27 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
854th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Cardiff 2026, Open Men · Aron: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Aron sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Matthew: strongest on Push (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 28%).Aron: strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 56%).

See the numbers
Part Matthew: faster than Aron: faster than
Ski 65% 88%
Push 83% 97%
Pull 70% 77%
BBJ 74% 76%
Row 49% 62%
Carry 79% 56%
Lunges 49% 81%
Wall balls 69% 91%
Roxzone 63% 80%
Runs 28% 60%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Aron
SkiErg 65% 88%
Sled push 83% 97%
Sled pull 70% 77%
Burpee broad jump 74% 76%
Row 49% 62%
Farmers carry 79% 56%
Sandbag lunges 49% 81%
Wall balls 69% 91%
Roxzone (moving) 63% 80%
Runs (8 km) 28% 60%

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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men1:23:30
5:124:284:422:345:063:545:204:495:274:505:312:178:275:046:335:463:31
Aron · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:13:27
4:434:153:582:244:483:534:454:265:034:424:422:044:444:095:014:425:15
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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men: 46:18 running, 33:43 at the stations and 3:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:46).Below, Aron · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 37:44 running, 30:35 at the stations and 5:15 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:42).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Cardiff 2026 · Open Men Aron · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 5:12 4:43
SkiErg 4:28 4:15
Run 2 4:42 3:58
Sled push 2:34 2:24
Run 3 5:06 4:48
Sled pull 3:54 3:53
Run 4 5:20 4:45
Burpee broad jump 4:49 4:26
Run 5 5:27 5:03
Row 4:50 4:42
Run 6 5:31 4:42
Farmers carry 2:17 2:04
Run 7 8:27 4:44
Sandbag lunges 5:04 4:09
Run 8 6:33 5:01
Wall balls 5:46 4:42
Roxzone 3:31 5:15
Finish 1:23:30 1:13:27

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Aron Gap
Cardiff 2026 Open Men · 29 Apr 2026 1:23:30 1:23:30 level
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