Crystal vs Essence
Crystal Ward
Essence McClary
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Crystal: New York 2026, Open Women · Essence: New York 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Crystal and Essence sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Crystal: strongest on Ski (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 10%).Essence: strongest on Carry (faster than 55% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 17%).
See the numbers
| Part | Crystal: faster than | Essence: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 96% | 18% |
| Push | 68% | 17% |
| Pull | 67% | 38% |
| BBJ | 14% | 26% |
| Row | 88% | 20% |
| Carry | 88% | 55% |
| Lunges | 20% | 44% |
| Wall balls | 74% | 44% |
| Roxzone | 10% | 23% |
| Runs | 23% | 27% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Crystal | Essence |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 96% | 18% |
| Sled push | 68% | 17% |
| Sled pull | 67% | 38% |
| Burpee broad jump | 14% | 26% |
| Row | 88% | 20% |
| Farmers carry | 88% | 55% |
| Sandbag lunges | 20% | 44% |
| Wall balls | 74% | 44% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 10% | 23% |
| Runs (8 km) | 23% | 27% |
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.Crystal · New York 2026 · Open Women: 1:02:26 running, 44:20 at the stations and 11:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (10:53).Below, Essence · New York 2026 · Open Women: 1:00:22 running, 47:56 at the stations and 9:56 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:15).
See the numbers
| Part | Crystal · New York 2026 · Open Women | Essence · New York 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 7:53 | 6:27 |
| SkiErg | 4:39 | 5:54 |
| Run 2 | 7:04 | 6:28 |
| Sled push | 2:36 | 3:34 |
| Run 3 | 7:15 | 7:00 |
| Sled pull | 5:15 | 6:16 |
| Run 4 | 7:43 | 7:39 |
| Burpee broad jump | 10:53 | 9:15 |
| Run 5 | 7:49 | 7:58 |
| Row | 5:07 | 6:14 |
| Run 6 | 7:30 | 7:32 |
| Farmers carry | 2:07 | 2:36 |
| Run 7 | 7:38 | 7:10 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:34 | 6:05 |
| Run 8 | 9:34 | 10:07 |
| Wall balls | 6:09 | 8:02 |
| Roxzone | 11:31 | 9:56 |
| Finish | 1:58:07 | 1:58:04 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Crystal | Essence | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2026 Open Women · 28 May 2026 | 1:58:07 | 1:58:04 | 0:03 · Essence faster |
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