Helen vs Rachel
GBR · Open Women · 11 results Helen Shaw
GBR · Open Women · 7 results Rachel Halsall
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Helen: London 2025, Open Women · Rachel: Birmingham Birm, Open Women
This chart shows where Helen and Rachel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Helen: strongest on Ski (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 76%).Rachel: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 58%).
See the numbers
| Part | Helen: faster than | Rachel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 96% | 99% |
| Push | 79% | 96% |
| Pull | 90% | 97% |
| BBJ | 93% | 58% |
| Row | 90% | 98% |
| Carry | 76% | 93% |
| Lunges | 79% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 72% |
| Roxzone | 90% | 82% |
| Runs | 95% | 58% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Helen | Rachel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 96% | 99% |
| Sled push | 79% | 96% |
| Sled pull | 90% | 97% |
| Burpee broad jump | 93% | 58% |
| Row | 90% | 98% |
| Farmers carry | 76% | 93% |
| Sandbag lunges | 79% | 67% |
| Wall balls | 95% | 72% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 90% | 82% |
| Runs (8 km) | 95% | 58% |
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
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.Helen · London 2025 · Open Women: 36:11 running, 31:17 at the stations and 4:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (4:54).Below, Rachel · Birmingham Birm · Open Women: 43:23 running, 33:41 at the stations and 5:58 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:18).
See the numbers
| Part | Helen · London 2025 · Open Women | Rachel · Birmingham Birm · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:14 | 5:40 |
| SkiErg | 4:33 | 4:27 |
| Run 2 | 4:15 | 5:05 |
| Sled push | 2:21 | 2:21 |
| Run 3 | 4:22 | 5:18 |
| Sled pull | 4:12 | 3:51 |
| Run 4 | 4:25 | 5:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:25 | 6:18 |
| Run 5 | 4:28 | 5:38 |
| Row | 4:54 | 4:43 |
| Run 6 | 4:27 | 5:25 |
| Farmers carry | 2:04 | 1:47 |
| Run 7 | 4:24 | 5:24 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:14 | 4:29 |
| Run 8 | 5:36 | 5:30 |
| Wall balls | 4:34 | 5:45 |
| Roxzone | 4:37 | 5:58 |
| Finish | 1:11:57 | 1:22:53 |
Head to head: 4 races they both ran
| Race | Helen | Rachel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Birm Open Women · 1 Nov 2026 | 1:22:52 | 1:22:53 | 0:01 · Helen faster |
| Manchester 2025 Open Women · 24 Jan 2025 | 1:16:50 | 1:30:59 | 14:09 · Helen faster |
| London 2024 Open Women · 1 Dec 2024 | 1:15:58 | 1:33:59 | 18:01 · Helen faster |
| Birmingham 2024 Open Women · 25 Oct 2024 | 1:27:14 | 1:34:37 | 7:23 · Helen faster |
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