Melissa vs Amber

USA USA · Open Women · 3 results

Melissa Miller

2:11:36 best Open Women time · Chicago 2025
1064th of 1,127 place in that race · 1,127 Open Women finishers
USA USA · Open Women · 2 results

Amber Polachek

2:10:53 best Open Women time · Chicago 2025
1063rd of 1,127 place in that race · 1,127 Open Women finishers

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

Melissa: Chicago 2025, Open Women · Amber: Chicago 2025, Open Women

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
MelissaAmberedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Melissa and Amber sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Melissa: strongest on Push (faster than 32% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 1%).Amber: strongest on Ski (faster than 74% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 1%).

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Part Melissa: faster than Amber: faster than
Ski 11% 74%
Push 32% 36%
Pull 9% 36%
BBJ 1% 1%
Row 3% 35%
Carry 6% 19%
Lunges 3% 22%
Wall balls 10% 12%
Roxzone 13% 4%
Runs 9% 6%

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

Part by part

Part Melissa Amber
SkiErg 11% 74%
Sled push 32% 36%
Sled pull 9% 36%
Burpee broad jump 1% 1%
Row 3% 35%
Farmers carry 6% 19%
Sandbag lunges 3% 22%
Wall balls 10% 12%
Roxzone (moving) 13% 4%
Runs (8 km) 9% 6%

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

Melissa · Chicago 2025 · Open Women2:11:36
5:155:439:482:287:207:267:3714:547:446:347:543:117:509:229:0410:149:20
Amber · Chicago 2025 · Open Women2:10:53
4:494:537:072:257:405:548:2316:008:545:338:472:318:566:2311:269:4911:30
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.Melissa · Chicago 2025 · Open Women: 1:02:32 running, 59:52 at the stations and 9:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (14:54) and the shortest the sled push (2:28).Below, Amber · Chicago 2025 · Open Women: 1:06:02 running, 53:28 at the stations and 11:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (16:00) and the shortest the sled push (2:25).

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Part Melissa · Chicago 2025 · Open Women Amber · Chicago 2025 · Open Women
Run 1 5:15 4:49
SkiErg 5:43 4:53
Run 2 9:48 7:07
Sled push 2:28 2:25
Run 3 7:20 7:40
Sled pull 7:26 5:54
Run 4 7:37 8:23
Burpee broad jump 14:54 16:00
Run 5 7:44 8:54
Row 6:34 5:33
Run 6 7:54 8:47
Farmers carry 3:11 2:31
Run 7 7:50 8:56
Sandbag lunges 9:22 6:23
Run 8 9:04 11:26
Wall balls 10:14 9:49
Roxzone 9:20 11:30
Finish 2:11:36 2:10:53

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Melissa Amber Gap
Chicago 2025 Open Women · 14 Nov 2025 2:11:36 2:10:53 0:43 · Amber faster
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