Mel vs Emma
NZL · Open Women · 2 results Mel O'Brien
AUS · Open Women · 5 results Emma Humphries
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mel: Auckland 2026, Open Women · Emma: Perth 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Mel and Emma sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mel: strongest on Runs (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 45%).Emma: strongest on Runs (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 68%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mel: faster than | Emma: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 66% | 92% |
| Push | 85% | 72% |
| Pull | 45% | 68% |
| BBJ | 94% | 91% |
| Row | 51% | 85% |
| Carry | 81% | 86% |
| Lunges | 87% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 64% | 99% |
| Roxzone | 84% | 86% |
| Runs | 97% | 99% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mel | Emma |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 66% | 92% |
| Sled push | 85% | 72% |
| Sled pull | 45% | 68% |
| Burpee broad jump | 94% | 91% |
| Row | 51% | 85% |
| Farmers carry | 81% | 86% |
| Sandbag lunges | 87% | 97% |
| Wall balls | 64% | 99% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 84% | 86% |
| Runs (8 km) | 97% | 99% |
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.Mel · Auckland 2026 · Open Women: 37:44 running, 36:27 at the stations and 4:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (6:19).Below, Emma · Perth 2025 · Open Women: 32:58 running, 31:21 at the stations and 7:25 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:19).
See the numbers
| Part | Mel · Auckland 2026 · Open Women | Emma · Perth 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:48 | 4:48 |
| SkiErg | 4:54 | 4:35 |
| Run 2 | 4:15 | 4:05 |
| Sled push | 2:36 | 2:27 |
| Run 3 | 4:42 | 4:06 |
| Sled pull | 6:19 | 5:19 |
| Run 4 | 4:40 | 3:57 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:56 | 4:39 |
| Run 5 | 4:36 | 4:09 |
| Row | 5:34 | 5:09 |
| Run 6 | 4:38 | 3:58 |
| Farmers carry | 1:53 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 4:42 | 3:54 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:19 | 3:30 |
| Run 8 | 5:23 | 4:01 |
| Wall balls | 5:56 | 3:48 |
| Roxzone | 4:59 | 7:25 |
| Finish | 1:19:01 | 1:11:35 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mel | Emma | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland 2026 Open Women · 29 Jan 2026 | 1:19:01 | 1:18:51 | 0:10 · Emma faster |
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