Alexa vs Melissa
RSA · Open Women · 1 result Alexa Swart
RSA · Open Women · 6 results Melissa Viljoen
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Alexa: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Women · Melissa: Cape Town 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Alexa and Melissa sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Alexa: strongest on Carry (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 51%).Melissa: strongest on Lunges (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 33%).
See the numbers
| Part | Alexa: faster than | Melissa: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 70% | 72% |
| Push | 94% | 96% |
| Pull | 86% | 86% |
| BBJ | 88% | 54% |
| Row | 90% | 88% |
| Carry | 96% | 83% |
| Lunges | 85% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 87% | 37% |
| Roxzone | 80% | 33% |
| Runs | 51% | 73% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Alexa | Melissa |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 70% | 72% |
| Sled push | 94% | 96% |
| Sled pull | 86% | 86% |
| Burpee broad jump | 88% | 54% |
| Row | 90% | 88% |
| Farmers carry | 96% | 83% |
| Sandbag lunges | 85% | 99% |
| Wall balls | 87% | 37% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 80% | 33% |
| Runs (8 km) | 51% | 73% |
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.Alexa · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Women: 54:25 running, 34:53 at the stations and 6:33 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:42).Below, Melissa · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 47:41 running, 38:38 at the stations and 8:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:58).
See the numbers
| Part | Alexa · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Women | Melissa · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:44 | 4:15 |
| SkiErg | 5:11 | 5:04 |
| Run 2 | 8:26 | 5:55 |
| Sled push | 2:02 | 2:06 |
| Run 3 | 8:40 | 6:08 |
| Sled pull | 5:20 | 5:00 |
| Run 4 | 8:37 | 6:06 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:42 | 7:26 |
| Run 5 | 8:35 | 6:16 |
| Row | 5:18 | 5:07 |
| Run 6 | 8:38 | 6:04 |
| Farmers carry | 1:43 | 2:02 |
| Run 7 | 3:30 | 6:07 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:12 | 2:55 |
| Run 8 | 4:15 | 6:50 |
| Wall balls | 5:25 | 8:58 |
| Roxzone | 6:33 | 8:05 |
| Finish | 1:35:43 | 1:34:14 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Alexa | Melissa | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg (I) 2025 Open Women · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:35:43 | 1:35:45 | 0:02 · Alexa faster |
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