Lyn vs Melissa
RSA · Open Women · 1 result Lyn Walsh
RSA · Open Women · 4 results Melissa van der Merwe
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Lyn: Cape Town 2025, Open Women · Melissa: Cape Town 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Lyn and Melissa sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Lyn: strongest on Carry (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 8%).Melissa: strongest on Pull (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 39%).
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| Part | Lyn: faster than | Melissa: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 59% | 56% |
| Push | 44% | 89% |
| Pull | 43% | 97% |
| BBJ | 26% | 75% |
| Row | 43% | 92% |
| Carry | 80% | 65% |
| Lunges | 30% | 84% |
| Wall balls | 32% | 81% |
| Roxzone | 18% | 50% |
| Runs | 8% | 39% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Lyn | Melissa |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 59% | 56% |
| Sled push | 44% | 89% |
| Sled pull | 43% | 97% |
| Burpee broad jump | 26% | 75% |
| Row | 43% | 92% |
| Farmers carry | 80% | 65% |
| Sandbag lunges | 30% | 84% |
| Wall balls | 32% | 81% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 18% | 50% |
| Runs (8 km) | 8% | 39% |
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.Lyn · Cape Town 2025 · Open Women: 1:10:49 running, 46:40 at the stations and 10:14 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:01).Below, Melissa · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 55:25 running, 34:22 at the stations and 6:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:57) and the shortest the sled push (2:06).
See the numbers
| Part | Lyn · Cape Town 2025 · Open Women | Melissa · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:00 | 5:25 |
| SkiErg | 5:09 | 5:13 |
| Run 2 | 7:33 | 7:01 |
| Sled push | 3:03 | 2:06 |
| Run 3 | 10:35 | 7:14 |
| Sled pull | 6:43 | 3:58 |
| Run 4 | 8:19 | 7:34 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:01 | 5:57 |
| Run 5 | 9:45 | 7:19 |
| Row | 5:50 | 4:56 |
| Run 6 | 8:09 | 7:02 |
| Farmers carry | 1:56 | 2:12 |
| Run 7 | 8:35 | 7:01 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:21 | 4:21 |
| Run 8 | 10:53 | 6:48 |
| Wall balls | 8:37 | 5:39 |
| Roxzone | 10:14 | 6:55 |
| Finish | 2:07:35 | 1:36:33 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Lyn | Melissa | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Open Women · 19 Jul 2025 | 2:07:35 | 2:07:21 | 0:14 · Melissa faster |
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