Matthew vs Richard

GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matthew Gibson

1:22:27 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026
1187th of 2,544 place in that race · 2,544 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 4 results

Richard Lowe

1:12:12 best Open Men time · Birmingham Birm
748th of 3,831 place in that race · 3,831 Open Men finishers

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

Matthew: Manchester 2026, Open Men · Richard: Birmingham Birm, Open Men

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

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 Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 23%).Richard: strongest on Row (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 54%).

See the numbers
Part Matthew: faster than Richard: faster than
Ski 25% 73%
Push 80% 83%
Pull 72% 61%
BBJ 56% 54%
Row 23% 88%
Carry 99% 84%
Lunges 54% 60%
Wall balls 62% 88%
Roxzone 40% 82%
Runs 44% 81%

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 25% 73%
Sled push 80% 83%
Sled pull 72% 61%
Burpee broad jump 56% 54%
Row 23% 88%
Farmers carry 99% 84%
Sandbag lunges 54% 60%
Wall balls 62% 88%
Roxzone (moving) 40% 82%
Runs (8 km) 44% 81%

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 · Manchester 2026 · Open Men1:22:27
3:424:375:062:215:263:555:455:136:035:055:351:155:535:145:026:226:01
Richard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men1:12:12
4:524:234:032:484:134:194:165:234:204:254:141:434:034:494:234:565:10
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 · Manchester 2026 · Open Men: 42:31 running, 34:02 at the stations and 6:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:22).Below, Richard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men: 34:24 running, 32:46 at the stations and 5:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:23).

See the numbers
Part Matthew · Manchester 2026 · Open Men Richard · Birmingham Birm · Open Men
Run 1 3:42 4:52
SkiErg 4:37 4:23
Run 2 5:06 4:03
Sled push 2:21 2:48
Run 3 5:26 4:13
Sled pull 3:55 4:19
Run 4 5:45 4:16
Burpee broad jump 5:13 5:23
Run 5 6:03 4:20
Row 5:05 4:25
Run 6 5:35 4:14
Farmers carry 1:15 1:43
Run 7 5:53 4:03
Sandbag lunges 5:14 4:49
Run 8 5:02 4:23
Wall balls 6:22 4:56
Roxzone 6:01 5:10
Finish 1:22:27 1:12:12

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Matthew Richard Gap
Manchester 2026 Open Men · 21 Jan 2026 1:22:27 1:22:26 0:01 · Richard faster
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