Merryn vs Mel
Merryn Saint
Mel Norris
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Merryn: Birmingham 2024, Open Women · Mel: Cardiff 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Merryn and Mel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Merryn: strongest on Ski (faster than 88% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 12%).Mel: strongest on Lunges (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 8%).
See the numbers
| Part | Merryn: faster than | Mel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 88% | 47% |
| Push | 36% | 10% |
| Pull | 12% | 29% |
| BBJ | 24% | 51% |
| Row | 38% | 19% |
| Carry | 58% | 8% |
| Lunges | 15% | 58% |
| Wall balls | 16% | 43% |
| Roxzone | 36% | 35% |
| Runs | 27% | 27% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Merryn | Mel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 88% | 47% |
| Sled push | 36% | 10% |
| Sled pull | 12% | 29% |
| Burpee broad jump | 24% | 51% |
| Row | 38% | 19% |
| Farmers carry | 58% | 8% |
| Sandbag lunges | 15% | 58% |
| Wall balls | 16% | 43% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 36% | 35% |
| Runs (8 km) | 27% | 27% |
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.Merryn · Birmingham 2024 · Open Women: 50:03 running, 47:59 at the stations and 8:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:28).Below, Mel · Cardiff 2025 · Open Women: 49:12 running, 41:49 at the stations and 6:07 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:01).
See the numbers
| Part | Merryn · Birmingham 2024 · Open Women | Mel · Cardiff 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:04 | 5:54 |
| SkiErg | 4:45 | 5:17 |
| Run 2 | 5:17 | 5:42 |
| Sled push | 2:52 | 3:33 |
| Run 3 | 5:30 | 5:42 |
| Sled pull | 7:35 | 6:08 |
| Run 4 | 9:40 | 6:09 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:51 | 7:01 |
| Run 5 | 5:45 | 6:12 |
| Row | 5:34 | 5:51 |
| Run 6 | 5:47 | 5:59 |
| Farmers carry | 2:10 | 3:07 |
| Run 7 | 5:41 | 6:10 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:43 | 4:30 |
| Run 8 | 6:19 | 7:24 |
| Wall balls | 9:28 | 6:22 |
| Roxzone | 8:49 | 6:07 |
| Finish | 1:46:43 | 1:37:08 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Merryn | Mel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2024 Open Women · 25 Oct 2024 | 1:46:43 | 1:46:46 | 0:03 · Merryn faster |
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