Estella vs Mel
Estella Huijbregts
Mel Backhaus
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Estella: Sydney 2026, Open Women · Mel: Sydney 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Estella and Mel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Estella: strongest on Ski (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 6%).Mel: strongest on BBJ (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 9%).
See the numbers
| Part | Estella: faster than | Mel: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 58% | 26% |
| Push | 38% | 9% |
| Pull | 42% | 21% |
| BBJ | 29% | 63% |
| Row | 45% | 54% |
| Carry | 23% | 37% |
| Lunges | 6% | 10% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 47% |
| Roxzone | 48% | 39% |
| Runs | 46% | 37% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Estella | Mel |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 58% | 26% |
| Sled push | 38% | 9% |
| Sled pull | 42% | 21% |
| Burpee broad jump | 29% | 63% |
| Row | 45% | 54% |
| Farmers carry | 23% | 37% |
| Sandbag lunges | 6% | 10% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 47% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 48% | 39% |
| Runs (8 km) | 46% | 37% |
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.Estella · Sydney 2026 · Open Women: 44:43 running, 45:22 at the stations and 9:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (9:01).Below, Mel · Sydney 2026 · Open Women: 46:14 running, 43:23 at the stations and 9:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:08).
See the numbers
| Part | Estella · Sydney 2026 · Open Women | Mel · Sydney 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:49 | 4:55 |
| SkiErg | 5:01 | 5:23 |
| Run 2 | 4:57 | 5:35 |
| Sled push | 2:35 | 3:17 |
| Run 3 | 5:17 | 5:23 |
| Sled pull | 5:23 | 6:17 |
| Run 4 | 5:59 | 5:31 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:17 | 6:17 |
| Run 5 | 5:18 | 5:28 |
| Row | 5:23 | 5:17 |
| Run 6 | 5:27 | 5:41 |
| Farmers carry | 2:28 | 2:14 |
| Run 7 | 5:17 | 5:37 |
| Sandbag lunges | 9:01 | 8:08 |
| Run 8 | 7:39 | 8:04 |
| Wall balls | 7:14 | 6:32 |
| Roxzone | 9:21 | 9:49 |
| Finish | 1:39:22 | 1:39:25 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Estella | Mel | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Women · 1 Jul 2026 | 1:39:22 | 1:39:25 | 0:03 · Estella faster |
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