Matthew vs Karl

AUS AUS · Open Men · 4 results

Matthew Hardy

1:26:18 best Open Men time · Melbourne 2025
1581st of 2,868 place in that race · 2,868 Open Men finishers
AUS AUS · Open Men · 2 results

Karl Niemann

1:39:13 best Open Men time · Brisbane 2025
1126th of 1,368 place in that race · 1,368 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Melbourne 2025, Open Men · Karl: Brisbane 2025, Open Men

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

This chart shows where Matthew and Karl 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 56% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 7%).Karl: strongest on Row (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 8%).

See the numbers
Part Matthew: faster than Karl: faster than
Ski 7% 18%
Push 56% 12%
Pull 42% 8%
BBJ 35% 40%
Row 32% 40%
Carry 35% 29%
Lunges 32% 8%
Wall balls 33% 28%
Roxzone 55% 11%
Runs 54% 23%

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

Part by part

Part Matthew Karl
SkiErg 7% 18%
Sled push 56% 12%
Sled pull 42% 8%
Burpee broad jump 35% 40%
Row 32% 40%
Farmers carry 35% 29%
Sandbag lunges 32% 8%
Wall balls 33% 28%
Roxzone (moving) 55% 11%
Runs (8 km) 54% 23%

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 · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men1:26:18
3:215:034:272:344:565:024:526:025:004:594:522:174:375:585:557:378:55
Karl · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men1:39:13
3:054:355:403:106:106:236:205:586:274:486:332:246:037:496:247:1810:13
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 · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men: 38:01 running, 39:32 at the stations and 8:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:37).Below, Karl · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men: 46:42 running, 42:25 at the stations and 10:13 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (7:49).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Melbourne 2025 · Open Men Karl · Brisbane 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 3:21 3:05
SkiErg 5:03 4:35
Run 2 4:27 5:40
Sled push 2:34 3:10
Run 3 4:56 6:10
Sled pull 5:02 6:23
Run 4 4:52 6:20
Burpee broad jump 6:02 5:58
Run 5 5:00 6:27
Row 4:59 4:48
Run 6 4:52 6:33
Farmers carry 2:17 2:24
Run 7 4:37 6:03
Sandbag lunges 5:58 7:49
Run 8 5:55 6:24
Wall balls 7:37 7:18
Roxzone 8:55 10:13
Finish 1:26:18 1:39:13

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Karl Gap
Brisbane (APAC Championship) 2026 Open Men · 11 Apr 2026 1:45:25 1:44:32 0:53 · Karl faster
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