Katie vs Merissa
USA · Open Women · 2 results Katie Schmelzer
USA · Open Women · 1 result Merissa Erb
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Katie: Chicago Navy Pier 2024, Open Women · Merissa: Chicago 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Katie and Merissa sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Katie: strongest on Wall balls (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Row (faster than 19%).Merissa: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 24%).
See the numbers
| Part | Katie: faster than | Merissa: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 69% | 24% |
| Push | 72% | 63% |
| Pull | 69% | 65% |
| BBJ | 72% | 72% |
| Row | 19% | 59% |
| Carry | 85% | 70% |
| Lunges | 75% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 90% | 72% |
| Roxzone | 62% | 87% |
| Runs | 84% | 78% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Katie | Merissa |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 69% | 24% |
| Sled push | 72% | 63% |
| Sled pull | 69% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 72% | 72% |
| Row | 19% | 59% |
| Farmers carry | 85% | 70% |
| Sandbag lunges | 75% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 90% | 72% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 62% | 87% |
| Runs (8 km) | 84% | 78% |
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 · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Women: 41:04 running, 34:02 at the stations and 6:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the row (5:50).Below, Merissa · Chicago 2025 · Open Women: 42:37 running, 35:04 at the stations and 5:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:38).
See the numbers
| Part | Katie · Chicago Navy Pier 2024 · Open Women | Merissa · Chicago 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:46 | 4:01 |
| SkiErg | 4:56 | 5:27 |
| Run 2 | 5:10 | 5:10 |
| Sled push | 2:27 | 2:05 |
| Run 3 | 5:16 | 5:33 |
| Sled pull | 4:51 | 4:58 |
| Run 4 | 5:25 | 5:49 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:23 | 5:38 |
| Run 5 | 5:30 | 5:31 |
| Row | 5:50 | 5:17 |
| Run 6 | 5:21 | 5:14 |
| Farmers carry | 1:52 | 1:57 |
| Run 7 | 5:12 | 5:29 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:25 | 4:17 |
| Run 8 | 5:23 | 5:49 |
| Wall balls | 4:18 | 5:25 |
| Roxzone | 6:53 | 5:09 |
| Finish | 1:21:50 | 1:22:42 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Katie | Merissa | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago 2025 Open Women · 14 Nov 2025 | 1:22:42 | 1:22:42 | level |
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