Samantha vs Melinda
USA · Open Women · 3 results Samantha Beard
USA · Open Women · 1 result Melinda Penick
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Samantha: Washington DC 2026, Open Women · Melinda: Washington DC 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Samantha and Melinda sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samantha: strongest on Ski (faster than 61% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 6%).Melinda: strongest on Push (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Samantha: faster than | Melinda: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 61% | 35% |
| Push | 50% | 58% |
| Pull | 15% | 33% |
| BBJ | 24% | 10% |
| Row | 19% | 25% |
| Carry | 22% | 53% |
| Lunges | 6% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 13% | 16% |
| Roxzone | 45% | 48% |
| Runs | 50% | 42% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Samantha | Melinda |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 61% | 35% |
| Sled push | 50% | 58% |
| Sled pull | 15% | 33% |
| Burpee broad jump | 24% | 10% |
| Row | 19% | 25% |
| Farmers carry | 22% | 53% |
| Sandbag lunges | 6% | 17% |
| Wall balls | 13% | 16% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 45% | 48% |
| Runs (8 km) | 50% | 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
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.Samantha · Washington DC 2026 · Open Women: 48:53 running, 56:18 at the stations and 9:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:36).Below, Melinda · Washington DC 2026 · Open Women: 50:47 running, 54:36 at the stations and 9:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (12:06).
See the numbers
| Part | Samantha · Washington DC 2026 · Open Women | Melinda · Washington DC 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:35 | 5:08 |
| SkiErg | 5:22 | 5:42 |
| Run 2 | 5:49 | 6:21 |
| Sled push | 2:56 | 2:50 |
| Run 3 | 6:07 | 6:36 |
| Sled pull | 7:47 | 6:38 |
| Run 4 | 6:22 | 6:44 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:21 | 12:06 |
| Run 5 | 6:34 | 6:41 |
| Row | 6:19 | 6:10 |
| Run 6 | 6:16 | 6:27 |
| Farmers carry | 2:39 | 2:13 |
| Run 7 | 6:31 | 6:31 |
| Sandbag lunges | 10:18 | 7:52 |
| Run 8 | 6:38 | 6:19 |
| Wall balls | 11:36 | 11:05 |
| Roxzone | 9:29 | 9:18 |
| Finish | 1:54:33 | 1:54:35 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Samantha | Melinda | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington DC 2026 Open Women · 3 Sep 2026 | 1:54:33 | 1:54:35 | 0:02 · Samantha faster |
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