Melanie vs Penny
NZL · Pro Women · 2 results Melanie Hayden
NZL · Pro Women · 4 results Penny Elliott
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Melanie: Melbourne 2024, Open Women · Penny: Sydney 2025, Pro Women
Not the same division. Melanie's race here is Open Women and Penny's is Pro Women, with different weights and fields. The chart shows how each did against their own field, not who is faster.
This chart shows where Melanie and Penny sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Melanie: strongest on Ski (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 34%).Penny: strongest on Runs (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 6%).
See the numbers
| Part | Melanie: faster than | Penny: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 99% | 6% |
| Push | 46% | 21% |
| Pull | 64% | 31% |
| BBJ | 34% | 10% |
| Row | 93% | 9% |
| Carry | 57% | 21% |
| Lunges | 61% | 13% |
| Wall balls | 77% | 42% |
| Roxzone | 90% | 52% |
| Runs | 54% | 61% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Melanie | Penny |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 99% | 6% |
| Sled push | 46% | 21% |
| Sled pull | 64% | 31% |
| Burpee broad jump | 34% | 10% |
| Row | 93% | 9% |
| Farmers carry | 57% | 21% |
| Sandbag lunges | 61% | 13% |
| Wall balls | 77% | 42% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 90% | 52% |
| Runs (8 km) | 54% | 61% |
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.Melanie · Melbourne 2024 · Open Women: 45:02 running, 35:04 at the stations and 6:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:04).Below, Penny · Sydney 2025 · Pro Women: 36:30 running, 44:23 at the stations and 7:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:06).
See the numbers
| Part | Melanie · Melbourne 2024 · Open Women | Penny · Sydney 2025 · Pro Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:48 | 4:01 |
| SkiErg | 4:21 | 5:11 |
| Run 2 | 5:21 | 4:14 |
| Sled push | 2:22 | 3:34 |
| Run 3 | 5:26 | 4:25 |
| Sled pull | 5:37 | 6:25 |
| Run 4 | 5:40 | 4:27 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:04 | 7:06 |
| Run 5 | 5:49 | 4:29 |
| Row | 4:51 | 5:28 |
| Run 6 | 5:52 | 4:25 |
| Farmers carry | 2:07 | 3:13 |
| Run 7 | 5:55 | 4:29 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:42 | 7:01 |
| Run 8 | 6:11 | 6:00 |
| Wall balls | 3:59 | 6:24 |
| Roxzone | 6:18 | 7:55 |
| Finish | 1:26:14 | 1:28:39 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Melanie | Penny | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland 2025 Pro Women · 1 Feb 2025 | 1:35:31 | 1:37:06 | 1:35 · Melanie faster |
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