Melissa vs Emma
RSA · Open Women · 3 results Melissa Phelps
RSA · Open Women · 4 results Emma Cole
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Melissa: Cape Town 2026, Open Women · Emma: Cape Town 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Melissa and Emma sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Melissa: strongest on Carry (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 58%).Emma: strongest on Runs (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 54%).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa: faster than | Emma: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 86% | 81% |
| Push | 87% | 60% |
| Pull | 99% | 64% |
| BBJ | 58% | 93% |
| Row | 95% | 77% |
| Carry | 99% | 54% |
| Lunges | 97% | 85% |
| Wall balls | 98% | 86% |
| Roxzone | 91% | 95% |
| 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 | Melissa | Emma |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 86% | 81% |
| Sled push | 87% | 60% |
| Sled pull | 99% | 64% |
| Burpee broad jump | 58% | 93% |
| Row | 95% | 77% |
| Farmers carry | 99% | 54% |
| Sandbag lunges | 97% | 85% |
| Wall balls | 98% | 86% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 91% | 95% |
| 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.Melissa · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 39:40 running, 32:26 at the stations and 4:32 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (7:12).Below, Emma · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 36:08 running, 35:55 at the stations and 4:18 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (5:48).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women | Emma · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:37 | 3:22 |
| SkiErg | 4:52 | 4:56 |
| Run 2 | 4:50 | 4:31 |
| Sled push | 2:27 | 2:58 |
| Run 3 | 4:58 | 4:36 |
| Sled pull | 3:55 | 5:48 |
| Run 4 | 5:06 | 4:37 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:12 | 4:57 |
| Run 5 | 5:15 | 4:39 |
| Row | 4:56 | 5:20 |
| Run 6 | 5:08 | 4:37 |
| Farmers carry | 1:34 | 2:23 |
| Run 7 | 5:11 | 4:40 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:22 | 4:05 |
| Run 8 | 5:35 | 5:05 |
| Wall balls | 4:08 | 5:28 |
| Roxzone | 4:32 | 4:18 |
| Finish | 1:16:30 | 1:16:09 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Melissa | Emma | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 Open Women · 4 Apr 2026 | 1:16:30 | 1:16:09 | 0:21 · Emma faster |
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