Melissa vs Brenda
USA · Open Women · 4 results Melissa Cemel
USA · Open Women · 2 results Brenda Cortes
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Melissa: New York 2025, Open Women · Brenda: New York 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Melissa and Brenda sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Melissa: strongest on BBJ (faster than 83% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 19%).Brenda: strongest on Runs (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa: faster than | Brenda: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 34% | 89% |
| Push | 41% | 38% |
| Pull | 56% | 39% |
| BBJ | 83% | 47% |
| Row | 47% | 44% |
| Carry | 35% | 19% |
| Lunges | 19% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 43% | 5% |
| Roxzone | 56% | 75% |
| Runs | 42% | 92% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Melissa | Brenda |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 34% | 89% |
| Sled push | 41% | 38% |
| Sled pull | 56% | 39% |
| Burpee broad jump | 83% | 47% |
| Row | 47% | 44% |
| Farmers carry | 35% | 19% |
| Sandbag lunges | 19% | 50% |
| Wall balls | 43% | 5% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 56% | 75% |
| Runs (8 km) | 42% | 92% |
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.Melissa · New York 2025 · Open Women: 50:52 running, 39:53 at the stations and 5:50 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:15) and the shortest the sled push (2:48).Below, Brenda · New York 2026 · Open Women: 41:06 running, 51:36 at the stations and 6:27 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (14:58) and the shortest the sled push (3:04).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa · New York 2025 · Open Women | Brenda · New York 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:18 | 4:45 |
| SkiErg | 5:21 | 4:50 |
| Run 2 | 5:55 | 4:33 |
| Sled push | 2:48 | 3:04 |
| Run 3 | 5:55 | 4:57 |
| Sled pull | 4:24 | 6:13 |
| Run 4 | 5:57 | 4:50 |
| Burpee broad jump | 4:49 | 7:31 |
| Run 5 | 6:05 | 5:07 |
| Row | 5:32 | 5:47 |
| Run 6 | 6:27 | 5:05 |
| Farmers carry | 2:53 | 3:23 |
| Run 7 | 6:15 | 5:12 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:51 | 5:50 |
| Run 8 | 8:00 | 6:37 |
| Wall balls | 7:15 | 14:58 |
| Roxzone | 5:50 | 6:27 |
| Finish | 1:36:29 | 1:39:01 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Melissa | Brenda | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2026 Open Women · 28 May 2026 | 1:39:02 | 1:39:01 | 0:01 · Brenda faster |
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