Leah vs Samantha
NZL · Open Women · 4 results Leah McElwain
NZL · Open Women · 2 results Samantha Groom
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Leah: Sydney 2024, Open Women · Samantha: Sydney 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Leah and Samantha sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Leah: strongest on Push (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 41%).Samantha: strongest on BBJ (faster than 69% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 14%).
See the numbers
| Part | Leah: faster than | Samantha: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 41% | 57% |
| Push | 91% | 25% |
| Pull | 57% | 42% |
| BBJ | 60% | 69% |
| Row | 53% | 32% |
| Carry | 58% | 14% |
| Lunges | 48% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 43% |
| Roxzone | 57% | 54% |
| Runs | 44% | 61% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Leah | Samantha |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 41% | 57% |
| Sled push | 91% | 25% |
| Sled pull | 57% | 42% |
| Burpee broad jump | 60% | 69% |
| Row | 53% | 32% |
| Farmers carry | 58% | 14% |
| Sandbag lunges | 48% | 65% |
| Wall balls | 46% | 43% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 57% | 54% |
| Runs (8 km) | 44% | 61% |
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.Leah · Sydney 2024 · Open Women: 47:37 running, 35:37 at the stations and 5:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:57) and the shortest the sled push (1:48).Below, Samantha · Sydney 2026 · Open Women: 41:43 running, 38:58 at the stations and 9:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:49).
See the numbers
| Part | Leah · Sydney 2024 · Open Women | Samantha · Sydney 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:23 | 4:14 |
| SkiErg | 5:16 | 5:02 |
| Run 2 | 5:45 | 4:47 |
| Sled push | 1:48 | 2:48 |
| Run 3 | 5:46 | 4:51 |
| Sled pull | 5:57 | 5:23 |
| Run 4 | 5:56 | 5:06 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:54 | 6:00 |
| Run 5 | 6:11 | 5:27 |
| Row | 5:17 | 5:32 |
| Run 6 | 6:14 | 5:11 |
| Farmers carry | 2:06 | 2:41 |
| Run 7 | 6:05 | 5:12 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:58 | 4:43 |
| Run 8 | 7:18 | 6:56 |
| Wall balls | 4:21 | 6:49 |
| Roxzone | 5:34 | 9:05 |
| Finish | 1:28:41 | 1:29:38 |
Head to head: 2 races they both ran
| Race | Leah | Samantha | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Women · 1 Jul 2026 | 1:29:41 | 1:29:38 | 0:03 · Samantha faster |
| Auckland 2025 Open Women · 1 Feb 2025 | 1:38:50 | 1:43:21 | 4:31 · Leah faster |
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