Rachel vs Melissa
Rachel Thurrott
Melissa Densmore
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Rachel: Boston 2026, Open Women · Melissa: Boston 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Rachel and Melissa sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Rachel: strongest on Ski (faster than 36% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 1%).Melissa: strongest on Ski (faster than 34% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 6%).
See the numbers
| Part | Rachel: faster than | Melissa: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 36% | 34% |
| Push | 1% | 9% |
| Pull | 6% | 29% |
| BBJ | 18% | 9% |
| Row | 16% | 32% |
| Carry | 9% | 25% |
| Lunges | 12% | 20% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 9% |
| Roxzone | 11% | 6% |
| Runs | 11% | 7% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Rachel | Melissa |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 36% | 34% |
| Sled push | 1% | 9% |
| Sled pull | 6% | 29% |
| Burpee broad jump | 18% | 9% |
| Row | 16% | 32% |
| Farmers carry | 9% | 25% |
| Sandbag lunges | 12% | 20% |
| Wall balls | 14% | 9% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 11% | 6% |
| Runs (8 km) | 11% | 7% |
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.Rachel · Boston 2026 · Open Women: 1:03:29 running, 59:46 at the stations and 11:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:08).Below, Melissa · Boston 2026 · Open Women: 1:06:17 running, 55:54 at the stations and 11:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (11:30).
See the numbers
| Part | Rachel · Boston 2026 · Open Women | Melissa · Boston 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:05 | 5:46 |
| SkiErg | 5:31 | 5:33 |
| Run 2 | 6:56 | 7:22 |
| Sled push | 7:44 | 4:50 |
| Run 3 | 7:47 | 7:57 |
| Sled pull | 9:07 | 6:55 |
| Run 4 | 7:58 | 8:08 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:42 | 11:30 |
| Run 5 | 9:13 | 8:29 |
| Row | 6:18 | 5:54 |
| Run 6 | 8:23 | 8:32 |
| Farmers carry | 3:15 | 2:44 |
| Run 7 | 8:25 | 8:43 |
| Sandbag lunges | 8:01 | 7:03 |
| Run 8 | 9:42 | 11:20 |
| Wall balls | 10:08 | 11:25 |
| Roxzone | 11:03 | 11:59 |
| Finish | 2:14:10 | 2:14:03 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Rachel | Melissa | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston 2026 Open Women · 8 Oct 2026 | 2:14:10 | 2:14:03 | 0:07 · Melissa faster |
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