Katie vs Merinda
AUS · Open Women · 2 results Katie Walker
AUS · Open Women · 1 result Merinda Buitendag
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Katie: Melbourne 2024, Open Women · Merinda: Melbourne 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Katie and Merinda sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Katie: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 70% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 11%).Merinda: strongest on Carry (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | Katie: faster than | Merinda: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 11% | 63% |
| Push | 40% | 53% |
| Pull | 31% | 52% |
| BBJ | 17% | 23% |
| Row | 19% | 21% |
| Carry | 51% | 69% |
| Lunges | 24% | 5% |
| Wall balls | 33% | 10% |
| Roxzone | 70% | 33% |
| Runs | 30% | 19% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Katie | Merinda |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 11% | 63% |
| Sled push | 40% | 53% |
| Sled pull | 31% | 52% |
| Burpee broad jump | 17% | 23% |
| Row | 19% | 21% |
| Farmers carry | 51% | 69% |
| Sandbag lunges | 24% | 5% |
| Wall balls | 33% | 10% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 70% | 33% |
| Runs (8 km) | 30% | 19% |
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.Katie · Melbourne 2024 · Open Women: 50:26 running, 43:26 at the stations and 7:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:31).Below, Merinda · Melbourne 2025 · Open Women: 50:23 running, 46:21 at the stations and 10:48 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (9:23).
See the numbers
| Part | Katie · Melbourne 2024 · Open Women | Merinda · Melbourne 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:07 | 3:16 |
| SkiErg | 5:27 | 4:58 |
| Run 2 | 6:01 | 5:57 |
| Sled push | 2:28 | 2:29 |
| Run 3 | 6:06 | 6:23 |
| Sled pull | 7:00 | 5:26 |
| Run 4 | 6:17 | 6:15 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:31 | 7:52 |
| Run 5 | 6:38 | 6:46 |
| Row | 5:47 | 5:42 |
| Run 6 | 6:24 | 6:40 |
| Farmers carry | 2:10 | 2:00 |
| Run 7 | 6:12 | 6:32 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:04 | 8:31 |
| Run 8 | 6:41 | 8:34 |
| Wall balls | 5:59 | 9:23 |
| Roxzone | 7:32 | 10:48 |
| Finish | 1:41:16 | 1:47:24 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Katie | Merinda | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne 2025 Open Women · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:47:16 | 1:47:24 | 0:08 · Katie faster |
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