Nicole vs Helen

GBR GBR · Open Women · 10 results

Nicole Saunders

1:23:30 best Open Women time · Melbourne 2025
514th of 1,666 place in that race · 1,666 Open Women finishers
GBR GBR · Open Women · 5 results

Helen Pressley

1:19:49 best Open Women time · Nice 2026
198th of 1,308 place in that race · 1,308 Open Women finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Nicole: Melbourne 2025, Open Women · Helen: Nice 2026, Open Women

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLunges
no split
Wall ballsRoxzoneRuns
NicoleHelenedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Nicole and Helen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicole: strongest on Carry (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 46%).Helen: strongest on Pull (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 32%).

See the numbers
Part Nicole: faster than Helen: faster than
Ski 61% 85%
Push 76% 88%
Pull 86% 93%
BBJ 46% 74%
Row 52% 92%
Carry 92% 78%
Lunges 68% no split
Wall balls 62% 71%
Roxzone 75% 32%
Runs 65% 76%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Nicole Helen
SkiErg 61% 85%
Sled push 76% 88%
Sled pull 86% 93%
Burpee broad jump 46% 74%
Row 52% 92%
Farmers carry 92% 78%
Sandbag lunges 68% —
Wall balls 62% 71%
Roxzone (moving) 75% 32%
Runs (8 km) 65% 76%

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

Nicole · Melbourne 2025 · Open Women1:23:30
2:514:594:482:105:124:245:166:235:245:185:151:455:214:275:585:268:40
Helen · Nice 2026 · Open Women1:19:49
5:204:594:522:125:024:165:165:295:154:555:141:544:495:045:577:46
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Nicole · Melbourne 2025 · Open Women: 40:05 running, 34:52 at the stations and 8:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:23).Below, Helen · Nice 2026 · Open Women: 40:52 running, 29:42 at the stations and 7:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:57).

See the numbers
Part Nicole · Melbourne 2025 · Open Women Helen · Nice 2026 · Open Women
Run 1 2:51 5:20
SkiErg 4:59 4:59
Run 2 4:48 4:52
Sled push 2:10 2:12
Run 3 5:12 5:02
Sled pull 4:24 4:16
Run 4 5:16 5:16
Burpee broad jump 6:23 5:29
Run 5 5:24 5:15
Row 5:18 4:55
Run 6 5:15 5:14
Farmers carry 1:45 1:54
Run 7 5:21 4:49
Sandbag lunges 4:27 —
Run 8 5:58 5:04
Wall balls 5:26 5:57
Roxzone 8:40 7:46
Finish 1:23:30 1:19:49

Head to head: 2 races they both ran

Race Nicole Helen Gap
Birmingham Birm Pro Women · 30 Oct 2026 1:24:04 1:24:02 0:02 · Helen faster
Manchester 2024 Open Women · 9 Nov 2024 1:35:43 1:31:12 4:31 · Helen faster
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