Nicola vs Rachel
GBR · Open Women · 5 results Nicola Lyons
GBR · Open Women · 3 results Rachel Cowan
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicola: Birmingham 2025, Open Women · Rachel: Birmingham 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Nicola and Rachel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicola: strongest on Ski (faster than 72% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 21%).Rachel: strongest on BBJ (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 42%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicola: faster than | Rachel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 72% | 60% |
| Push | 21% | 42% |
| Pull | 64% | 62% |
| BBJ | 33% | 70% |
| Row | 64% | 53% |
| Carry | 58% | 58% |
| Lunges | 49% | 66% |
| Wall balls | 21% | 55% |
| Roxzone | 43% | 54% |
| Runs | 44% | 59% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicola | Rachel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 72% | 60% |
| Sled push | 21% | 42% |
| Sled pull | 64% | 62% |
| Burpee broad jump | 33% | 70% |
| Row | 64% | 53% |
| Farmers carry | 58% | 58% |
| Sandbag lunges | 49% | 66% |
| Wall balls | 21% | 55% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 43% | 54% |
| Runs (8 km) | 44% | 59% |
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.Nicola · Birmingham 2025 · Open Women: 46:38 running, 43:22 at the stations and 7:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:49).Below, Rachel · Birmingham 2025 · Open Women: 43:35 running, 38:24 at the stations and 7:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:29).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicola · Birmingham 2025 · Open Women | Rachel · Birmingham 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:17 | 5:42 |
| SkiErg | 5:01 | 5:08 |
| Run 2 | 5:29 | 5:06 |
| Sled push | 3:43 | 3:10 |
| Run 3 | 5:36 | 5:19 |
| Sled pull | 5:31 | 5:35 |
| Run 4 | 5:38 | 5:23 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:41 | 5:49 |
| Run 5 | 5:54 | 5:32 |
| Row | 5:19 | 5:25 |
| Run 6 | 5:48 | 5:29 |
| Farmers carry | 2:12 | 2:12 |
| Run 7 | 5:53 | 5:27 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:05 | 4:36 |
| Run 8 | 6:04 | 5:37 |
| Wall balls | 8:49 | 6:29 |
| Roxzone | 7:37 | 7:09 |
| Finish | 1:37:29 | 1:29:00 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Nicola | Rachel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Birm Pro Women · 30 Oct 2026 | 1:40:27 | 1:40:15 | 0:12 · Rachel faster |
| Birmingham 2025 Open Women · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:37:29 | 1:29:00 | 8:29 · Rachel faster |
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