Paul vs Matt

GBR GBR · Open Men · 9 results

Paul Bransby

1:32:50 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2674th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers
GBR GBR · Open Men · 2 results

Matt O'Hare

1:36:02 best Open Men time · Birmingham 2025
2917th of 3,945 place in that race · 3,945 Open Men finishers

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

Paul: Birmingham 2025, Open Men · Matt: Birmingham 2025, Open Men

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRow
no split
CarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
PaulMattedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Paul and Matt sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Paul: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 43% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 17%).Matt: strongest on Runs (faster than 42% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 15%).

See the numbers
Part Paul: faster than Matt: faster than
Ski 18% 27%
Push 34% 15%
Pull 23% 41%
BBJ 41% 17%
Row 25% no split
Carry 36% 38%
Lunges 17% 23%
Wall balls 26% 38%
Roxzone 43% 17%
Runs 38% 42%

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

Part by part

Part Paul Matt
SkiErg 18% 27%
Sled push 34% 15%
Sled pull 23% 41%
Burpee broad jump 41% 17%
Row 25% —
Farmers carry 36% 38%
Sandbag lunges 17% 23%
Wall balls 26% 38%
Roxzone (moving) 43% 17%
Runs (8 km) 38% 42%

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

Paul · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:32:50
5:194:494:393:425:186:055:146:005:265:075:112:225:116:535:419:046:57
Matt · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men1:36:02
5:494:424:504:264:545:185:167:395:015:032:205:106:255:138:068:40
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.Paul · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 41:58 running, 44:02 at the stations and 6:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:04).Below, Matt · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men: 41:17 running, 38:56 at the stations and 8:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:06).

See the numbers
Part Paul · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men Matt · Birmingham 2025 · Open Men
Run 1 5:19 5:49
SkiErg 4:49 4:42
Run 2 4:39 4:50
Sled push 3:42 4:26
Run 3 5:18 4:54
Sled pull 6:05 5:18
Run 4 5:14 5:16
Burpee broad jump 6:00 7:39
Run 5 5:26 5:01
Row 5:07 —
Run 6 5:11 5:03
Farmers carry 2:22 2:20
Run 7 5:11 5:10
Sandbag lunges 6:53 6:25
Run 8 5:41 5:13
Wall balls 9:04 8:06
Roxzone 6:57 8:40
Finish 1:32:50 1:36:02

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Paul Matt Gap
London Olympia 2026 Open Men · 24 Mar 2026 1:36:10 1:36:15 0:05 · Paul faster
Birmingham 2025 Open Men · 22 Oct 2025 1:32:50 1:36:02 3:12 · Paul faster
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