Helen vs Ruba
GBR · Open Women · 4 results Helen Thoday
AUS · Open Women · 1 result Ruba Elayan
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Helen: Auckland 2025, Open Women · Ruba: Sydney 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Helen and Ruba sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Helen: strongest on Push (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 10%).Ruba: strongest on Lunges (faster than 60% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Helen: faster than | Ruba: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 26% | 9% |
| Push | 60% | 55% |
| Pull | 56% | 22% |
| BBJ | 19% | 35% |
| Row | 50% | 29% |
| Carry | 38% | 19% |
| Lunges | 41% | 60% |
| Wall balls | 56% | 27% |
| Roxzone | 10% | 28% |
| Runs | 42% | 21% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Helen | Ruba |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 26% | 9% |
| Sled push | 60% | 55% |
| Sled pull | 56% | 22% |
| Burpee broad jump | 19% | 35% |
| Row | 50% | 29% |
| Farmers carry | 38% | 19% |
| Sandbag lunges | 41% | 60% |
| Wall balls | 56% | 27% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 10% | 28% |
| Runs (8 km) | 42% | 21% |
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.Helen · Auckland 2025 · Open Women: 50:26 running, 41:50 at the stations and 10:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:08).Below, Ruba · Sydney 2026 · Open Women: 50:46 running, 42:59 at the stations and 10:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:54) and the shortest the sled push (2:22).
See the numbers
| Part | Helen · Auckland 2025 · Open Women | Ruba · Sydney 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:54 | 4:51 |
| SkiErg | 5:10 | 5:43 |
| Run 2 | 5:34 | 5:42 |
| Sled push | 2:34 | 2:22 |
| Run 3 | 6:03 | 6:11 |
| Sled pull | 5:45 | 6:12 |
| Run 4 | 6:17 | 5:53 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:08 | 7:47 |
| Run 5 | 6:46 | 6:30 |
| Row | 5:27 | 5:35 |
| Run 6 | 6:37 | 6:18 |
| Farmers carry | 2:19 | 2:34 |
| Run 7 | 6:40 | 6:12 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:38 | 4:52 |
| Run 8 | 6:35 | 9:09 |
| Wall balls | 5:49 | 7:54 |
| Roxzone | 10:37 | 10:29 |
| Finish | 1:42:53 | 1:44:08 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Helen | Ruba | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Women · 1 Jul 2026 | 1:44:00 | 1:44:08 | 0:08 · Helen faster |
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