Helen vs Maria
GBR · Open Women · 1 result Helen Cross
GBR · Open Women · 2 results Maria Galitzine
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Helen: Cardiff 2026, Open Women · Maria: Cardiff 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Helen and Maria sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Helen: strongest on Row (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 16%).Maria: strongest on Push (faster than 71% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 15%).
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| Part | Helen: faster than | Maria: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 77% | 15% |
| Push | 81% | 71% |
| Pull | 63% | 31% |
| BBJ | 28% | 16% |
| Row | 83% | 31% |
| Carry | 22% | 35% |
| Lunges | 50% | 42% |
| Wall balls | 24% | 19% |
| Roxzone | 16% | 27% |
| Runs | 20% | 33% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Helen | Maria |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 77% | 15% |
| Sled push | 81% | 71% |
| Sled pull | 63% | 31% |
| Burpee broad jump | 28% | 16% |
| Row | 83% | 31% |
| Farmers carry | 22% | 35% |
| Sandbag lunges | 50% | 42% |
| Wall balls | 24% | 19% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 16% | 27% |
| Runs (8 km) | 20% | 33% |
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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women: 54:53 running, 43:37 at the stations and 6:35 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:43) and the shortest the sled push (2:30).Below, Maria · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women: 51:10 running, 48:13 at the stations and 5:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (10:08) and the shortest the sled push (2:39).
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| Part | Helen · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women | Maria · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:47 | 6:02 |
| SkiErg | 5:02 | 5:44 |
| Run 2 | 6:35 | 5:35 |
| Sled push | 2:30 | 2:39 |
| Run 3 | 6:34 | 6:05 |
| Sled pull | 5:02 | 6:08 |
| Run 4 | 6:46 | 6:34 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:43 | 10:08 |
| Run 5 | 6:51 | 6:28 |
| Row | 5:08 | 5:44 |
| Run 6 | 7:23 | 6:40 |
| Farmers carry | 3:38 | 3:15 |
| Run 7 | 6:30 | 5:58 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:56 | 5:13 |
| Run 8 | 7:27 | 7:48 |
| Wall balls | 8:39 | 9:22 |
| Roxzone | 6:35 | 5:43 |
| Finish | 1:45:03 | 1:45:02 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Helen | Maria | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Women · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:45:03 | 1:45:02 | 0:01 · Maria faster |
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